Skill acquisition in psychological treatment

A good proportion of therapeutic effort goes into helping people to develop skills so as to improve their ability to manages aspects of their feelings, thoughts and behaviour. These skils may be taught didactically or encouraged more dynamically. Skills are physical or mental strategies and procedures which people perform to a better standard with practice.


 * Self-care skills
 * Social skills
 * Assertiveness skills
 * Anger management
 * Depression awareness
 * Relapse prevention