Some people view counseling as a “panacea” solution to problems in their personal or professional lives, while others view it as simply unnecessary. The problem is that some people don't know what type of treatment approach is best suited to the exact nature of what they need advice for. The purpose of this article is to show how talk therapy may require adaptation with different counseling methods with 3 specific diagnoses and how their approach can help resolve specific mental issues through research. IntroductionTherapy has long been considered taboo in some circles. If you're in therapy, there must be something wrong with you. This is what people with closed minds and closed opinions say. Sometimes it's better (or even easier) to talk to someone you don't really know to clear your head. Talk therapy is a great way to let an unbiased person know what you need who can see where your real problems lie and how to solve the problem, whatever it may be (Ford-Martin & Cataldo 1551). When talking with a spouse, significant other, or loved one, it can be harder to truly open up for fear of hurting someone or scaring them away because you don't know how to put it into words to avoid such problems. a complication in communication (Ford-Martin & Cataldo 1551). However, some people view talk therapy as a “panacea” when this is not the case. “Talking therapy” is a lay term for psychotherapy that began with the psychoanalytic approach of Sigmund Freud in the 1890s and expanded from his theory to a number of currently available forms (“Talking Therapy”). by the word” 1144). The goal of this type of therapy is client-centered to allow the client to...... middle of paper ......ichael Mooney. “Borderline Personality Disorder.” The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders. Ed. Madeline Harris and Ellen Thackerey. Flight. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2003. 142-144. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Internet. March 12, 2014. Leaver, Judy. "Grief." The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders. Ed. Madeline Harris and Ellen Thackerey. Flight. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2003. 459-461. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Internet. March 15, 2014. “Talk Therapy.” The Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health. Ed. Laurie J. Fundukian and Jeffrey Wilson. 2nd ed. Flight. 2. Detroit: Gale, 2008. 1144. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Internet. March 01, 2014. Turkington, Carol A. and Jill Ilene Granger. “Post-traumatic stress disorder”. The Scabies Encyclopedia of Medicine. Ed. Deirdre S. Blanchfield and Jacqueline L. Longe. 2nd ed. Flight. 4. Detroit: Gale, 2002. 2685-2687. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Internet. March 10. 2014.