A type of psychotherapy that emphasizes the person’s inherent capacities to become healthy and fully functioning. It concentrates on the present, on achieving consciousness of life as being partially under one’s control, on accepting responsibility for decisions, and on learning to tolerate anxiety.
An unusual type of psychotherapy that stresses the importance of impromptu interactions and emotional responses over logical reasoning. In this therapeutic approach, the psychotherapist is as engaged in the therapy as the patient is.
An exocrine gland is a type of gland that releases substances via a duct or conduit, either onto the internal surface of an organ or the external surface of the body. Salivary glands and sweat glands are examples of exocrine glands. The secretion of substances by these glands can be instigated by a hormone or a neurotransmitter.