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The group of verbal and psychological techniques used to treat psychological and mental diseases is called psychotherapy. A psychiatrist, with the help of psychotherapy, helps patients tackle and overcome their mental illness. Psychotherapy is used in various psychiatric conditions like depression, general anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), borderline personality disorder, attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), and bipolar disorder. The main approaches to psychotherapy are psychoanalytic therapy, behavioral therapy, humanistic therapy, cognitive therapy, and cognitive-behavioral therapy. Depending upon the patient’s condition, it can be either individual or group or family or couples therapy. Most of the therapies work by developing a therapeutic relationship, communicating, and to overcome a person’s problematic thoughts and behaviors.