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Psychotheraphy Through The Ages

January 15, 2014 by ANGELA ACKERMAN

A while back, Nora McAdams from Best Counseling Degrees contacted me about an info graphic that shows the different psychotherapy treatments throughout history. This is a really neat read, and I thought I’d post here as past “treatments” might just might inspire a few plots to take a dark twist, and new therapies might work well in dystopian or sci-fi works (take a look at the end at what the future might bring!) Bare minimum, it will make people glad that mental health has progressed from the scary land of lobotomies. Have a look:

The Evolution of Psychotherapy
Source: The Evolution of Psychotherapy

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ANGELA ACKERMAN
ANGELA ACKERMAN

Angela is a writing coach, international speaker, and bestselling author who loves to travel, teach, empower writers, and pay-it-forward. She also is a founder of One Stop For Writers, a portal to powerful, innovative tools to help writers elevate their storytelling.

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  1. tracikenworth says

    January 26, 2014 at 5:26 pm

    Scary world then, of course, this type of thing is still scary, finding the right treatment and sticking with it. So many side effects with everything.

    • ANGELA ACKERMAN says

      January 27, 2014 at 10:59 am

      It is scary, even now. I wonder if we’ll look back one day and think the people of this time were crazy for how they treated illnesses.

  2. sjp says

    January 21, 2014 at 5:59 am

    Urgh Lobotomy’s always make me shudder, and why is it always the women with the alleged psychosis?

    • ANGELA ACKERMAN says

      January 21, 2014 at 10:12 am

      I know, right? Total bias. That’s what we get for being able to express emotion freely. #bumrap

  3. Christine @ Better Novel Project says

    January 17, 2014 at 9:11 pm

    Very cool infographic! It reminds me of the book “I Never Promised You A Rose Garden.” There were a lot of shocks and ice baths in that one!

  4. Heather McCorkle says

    January 17, 2014 at 10:14 am

    Yay I found you!!! I love this flowchart. Fabulous job, and fabulous new site ladies!

    • BECCA PUGLISI says

      January 17, 2014 at 12:32 pm

      Woot! Good to see you, Heather! 🙂

  5. Rosemary Gemmell says

    January 16, 2014 at 4:25 am

    Love it! I used mesmerism in my Victorian novella as part of the plot (though not for mental illness). How barbaric some ages could be.

  6. Kathy S. Collier-Mehl says

    January 15, 2014 at 9:22 pm

    Loved this piece. It appears the phyciatrists were more nuts than the patients. We’ve certainly progressed since Oxenbridge and Moniz. Bleeding and Lobotomy’s? They were looney toons to think that would help. I’m so glad to be living during an era of more proficient knowledge and technology. Thanks for sharing.

    • ANGELA ACKERMAN says

      January 15, 2014 at 9:51 pm

      Haha, it makes me wonder though if one day in the future people will look back to today’s time and be disgusted at what our brightest medical minds came up with for treatment. LOL

  7. Rosi says

    January 15, 2014 at 1:06 pm

    This is an amazing chart. My daughter is a psychologist. I will make sure she sees this. Fascinating and a little scary.

    • ANGELA ACKERMAN says

      January 15, 2014 at 9:53 pm

      It is, isn’t it? I find this stuff interesting but it always makes me wonder what it would be like to have lived during these times. I feel terrible for people who had mental illness, or were diagnosed and treated when they had something else entirely, like a food allergy or something. Yikes.

  8. Mart Ramirez says

    January 15, 2014 at 1:02 pm

    WOW now that’s interesting! Thank you for sharing!

    • ANGELA ACKERMAN says

      January 15, 2014 at 9:53 pm

      You bet!

  9. Lori Schafer says

    January 15, 2014 at 8:57 am

    Fascinating progression. Personally, I envision the Therapy App for Smartphones as the next big thing. Not as cuddly as a therapy dog, but better at soothing noises and images. And at least a phone can’t chop up your brain with an ice pick!

    • ANGELA ACKERMAN says

      January 15, 2014 at 9:54 pm

      I think you could be right. They have an “end of life” care robot after all. It is turbo creepy, petting your hand and talking in a robotic voice as you die.

  10. Natalie Aguirre says

    January 15, 2014 at 6:37 am

    Awesome flow chart. My daughter is really into psychology and studying the brain and will be taking a psych class this semester. I may have her check this out.

    • ANGELA ACKERMAN says

      January 15, 2014 at 9:54 pm

      Cool, thanks for passing it on Natalie!

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