What is the therapeutic environment?

Therapeutic environment, sometimes also called Milieu therapy or community therapy, is an approach to the treatment of behavioral or psychiatric problems that emphasize modeling, mutual feedback and personal responsibility in the context of a highly structured environment. It is based on the philosophy that every interaction with others has the potential for social learning and personal growth, as it is allegedly an intangible expression of the individual's psychological problems in connection with human relations. This approach to behavioral therapy may occur in residential treatment as well as daily treatment, outpatient groups and other psychiatric environments. For clients, the therapeutic environment becomes a safe space in which it can learn and practice new skills in human interaction. This caring and positive environment of the therapeutic environment can support confidence in the client, which can then begin to recover from psychiatric or behavioral problems. Employees are trained in de-eskalac techniquesE, such as verbal redirection, which allow clients to regain self -control if there is dangerous behavior in the community. Temporary isolation from others can be used in extreme behavioral circumstances, but a punishment or restriction generally avoids in favor of positive strengthening.

Employees in the multidisciplinary team of therapeutic environments cooperate on building behavior treatment plans for each client. They also provide the general structure and detention of the therapeutic community in its entirety. Eutic Milieu therapists play a complex role, combine aspects of the group's facilitating, promoting expectations of behavior with respect and appropriate role modeling behavior.

Pressure pressure is also used as a tool for shaping behavior in environmental therapy. The client's mating in the therapeutic community can offer feedback on the client's interaction samples. Clients get insight and emThe patia of observation and discussions about the personal struggles of others. This knowledge can then be generalized to the life of the client outside the therapeutic environment.

This type of therapeutic environment offers a stable, predictable and respecting community space, often with 24 -hour support for employees in which residents can work to meet therapeutic goals. An example of a goal from the therapeutic plan of behavior could include a reduction in symptoms of psychiatric disorder, teaching skills for independent life or developing skills. Structured activities that form therapeuticmilieu may include participation in therapeutic groups and community meetings, except for recreational activities.

Milieu therapy as a term was created by Bruno Bettelheim in 1948. Similar philosophies began to occur in institutional treatment centers as early as the 18th century. The concept of the therapeutic community was created as an attempt to undermine the development of institutionalization symptoms such as loss of client's clientAt separately.