Search
Search
Problem? advance for more optionsLocation
optionalAnxiety
optionalDeborah English
Therapies explained
Attachment-Based Therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy is focused on building or rebuilding trust and centers on the relationships and bonds between people, particularly lasting psychological connectedness between humans.
Behavior Therapy
Behavior Therapy is a broad term referring to psychotherapy, behavior analytical, or a combination of the two therapies. It is focused on increasing the patient’s engagement in positive or socially reinforcing activities.
Behavioural
Behavioural therapy focuses on changing negative behaviors through conditioning techniques.
Brief Therapy
Brief Therapy centers on specific problems and direct intervention, offering solutions within a short period.
Cognitive
Cognitive therapy emphasizes identifying and changing inaccurate or distorted thinking patterns, attitudes, and beliefs.
Cognitive Analytic Therapy
Cognitive Analytic Therapy combines cognitive and psychoanalytic approaches to help individuals understand and change their patterns of behavior.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a treatment focusing on changing negative patterns of thought and behavior to address psychological issues. It is known for its effectiveness in treating a variety of mental health conditions.
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
Cognitive Processing Therapy is a specific type of cognitive behavioral therapy that helps patients learn how to modify and challenge unhelpful beliefs related to trauma.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is a cognitive-behavioral treatment approach that emphasizes balancing behavioral change, problem-solving, and emotional regulation with acceptance, compassion, and validation.
Eclectic
Eclectic therapy integrates various therapeutic approaches and techniques to fit the needs of the individual client.
Emotionally Focused Therapy
Emotionally Focused Therapy is designed to address distress in the intimate relationships of adults.
Existential
Existential therapy focuses on free will, self-determination, and the search for meaning—often centering on you rather than on the symptom.
Family Systems Therapy
Family Systems Therapy treats the family as a system, addressing issues within the context of the family unit.
Gestalt Therapy
Gestalt Therapy emphasizes personal responsibility and focuses on the individual’s experience in the present moment.
Humanistic Therapy
Humanistic Therapy focuses on individual potential and stresses the importance of growth and self-actualization.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy combines cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness strategies in order to help individuals better understand and manage their thoughts and emotions.
Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Motivational Interviewing is a counseling method that helps people resolve ambivalent feelings and insecurities to find the internal motivation they need to change their behavior.
Person-Centered Therapy
Person-Centered Therapy uses a non-authoritative approach that allows clients to take more of a lead in discussions so that, in the process, they will discover their own solutions.
Psychoanalytic
Psychoanalytic therapy looks at how the unconscious mind influences thoughts and behaviors, with the aim of uncovering and resolving deep-seated emotional issues from childhood.
Psychodynamic
Psychodynamic therapy focuses on understanding the psychological roots of emotional suffering through self-reflection and self-examination.
Psychoeducation
Psychoeducation refers to the process of providing education and information to those seeking or receiving mental health services, such as diagnoses, treatment options, and coping strategies for dealing with mental health.
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Solution Focused Brief Therapy is a goal-directed collaborative approach to psychotherapeutic change that is conducted through direct observation of clients’ responses to a series of precisely constructed questions.
Systemic
Systemic therapy seeks to understand the individual in the context of the systems they are a part of, considering the interactions and relationships within families and other systems.
Transactional Analysis
Transactional Analysis is a form of modern psychology that examines a person’s interactions and communications to identify and improve upon dysfunctional patterns.
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is designed to address the needs of children and adults with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other difficulties related to traumatic life events.
