Psychotherapy from a Top New York Psychiatrist

Psychotherapy ranges all the way from the early psychoanalytic, five-day-a-week treatment to present day time-limited cognitive therapy. A careful evaluation with each patient, Dr. Wineburg points out, is the only way to determine which form of treatment is necessary, be it going into the “dynamics” of the deepest unconscious experiences leading to depression and unhealthy motivations. It can stretch all the way to rational review of patient’s lifestyle in terms of immediate habits, drug and alcohol abuse, and patterns that can be corrected with minimal discussion. Psychotherapy is never neglected for even those patients receiving major treatments with medicines must also be listened to with appropriate responses by the caring doctor. Psychotherapy is ongoing for all patients.

Although medications are necessary for chemical imbalance disorders, many other issues are very effectively covered with psychotherapy alone. Dr. Wineburg has always emphasized short-term, goal-oriented treatment: “quick in, quick out”.