Psychotherapy is interpersonal treatment based on the understanding of psychological principles and mechanisms of mental disease. The treatment approach is often individualized, depending on the psychiatric condition(s) or circumstance. Psychodynamic therapy seeks to bring forward unconscious or repressed thoughts to help address the current behavior. Cognitive-behavioral therapy corrects faulty assumptions and tries to replace maladaptive behavior with healthier alternatives. Psychoeducation provides patients with information about the disorder, including anticipated problems and treatment so that they are able to manage. Other forms include supportive therapy (short-term therapy to help through a life crisis), motivational interviewing (changing maladaptive behaviors by guiding the patient to be the agent of change for themself), interpersonal therapy (focusing on the relationships rather than repressed thoughts), and dialectical behavioral therapy (using a hierarchy of treatment targets, like reduction of suicidal and dangerous behavior). Treatment is offered in different formats (individual, family, couple, or group). The goals vary and can include changing the individual’s behaviors and thoughts, improving relationships, reducing psychiatric symptoms as well as functional impairment, and involving the family to enhance treatment.