APPLICATIONS OF DIRECT DECISION THERAPY IN MENTAL HEALTH

The applications of Direct Decision Therapy are many and varied. In addition to its use in individual therapy, it is also widely applied in   group therapy and especially in family therapy, where family decisions are examined.Families often have decided, for example, that one     member of the family is the disturbed one. The family is helped to understand the pay offs for this kind of decision — what it arose from   and what alternative decisions may be made by the family as a whole. The practice of making family decisions has been found to be a very    useful way of increasing family cohesiveness. But in addition to the  field of therapy, the approach has also found acceptance in educational organizations.I am invited to speak to educational organizations as frequently as to psychotherapy organizations, since  it is quite clear   that amajor problem many young people have is  that they haven’t      made …