Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide
Supportive Psychotherapy
DESCRIPTION
- Supportive psychotherapy is aimed at providing symptom relief and creating behavior change without modifying personality.
- Employs a conversational style that deals with problems in current interpersonal relationships and environmental situations without attempting to correlate events with the past
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Last updated: August 24, 2025
Citation
Adnane, Lydia, et al. "Supportive Psychotherapy." Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2025. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787144/all/Supportive_Psychotherapy.
Adnane L, Nestadt P, Winter E. Supportive Psychotherapy. Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2025. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787144/all/Supportive_Psychotherapy. Accessed October 8, 2025.
Adnane, L., Nestadt, P., & Winter, E. (2025). Supportive Psychotherapy. In Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787144/all/Supportive_Psychotherapy
Adnane L, Nestadt P, Winter E. Supportive Psychotherapy [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2025. [cited 2025 October 08]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_Psychiatry_Guide/787144/all/Supportive_Psychotherapy.
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