When You Don't Know Where to Turn / A Self-Diagnosing Guide to Counseling and Therapy

by Steven J. Bartlett

AN OVERVIEW OF PRINCIPAL GOALS AND
MAIN EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL DISORDERS
THAT LEAD PEOPLE TO ENTER THERAPY

§1 Personal development goals

[ ] §1.1 developing new skills and personal traits: education leading to growth

[ ] §1.2 eliminating self-destructive habits or undesirable personality traits: re-education leading to change (see §3 below)

§2 Disorders usually first noticed in childhood or adolescence

[ ] §2.1 mental retardation

[ ] §2.2 autism

[ ] §2.3 emotional disturbances: separation anxiety, sleep terror and sleepwalking disorders, etc.

[ ] §2.4 suffering from childhood pain, neglect, or abuse; traumatic experiences from childhood, unmet childhood needs