Types of Therapy Articles
With so many types of therapy to choose from nowadays, how can you know which one is right for you? Questions to ask to determine if psychodynamic therapy is for you Are you curious about how your past affects your present? Like other forms of modern counselling, psychodynamic therapy is concerned with your current struggles...
Psychodynamic psychotherapy is one of the most popular forms of talk therapy in the UK. Used for individual therapy as well as couples therapy and family therapy, it is traditionally a more long-term form of psychotherapy. Psychodynamic therapy is also a popular school of psychotherapeutic thought drawn from by integrative therapists. What is psychodynamic psychotherapy?...
When existential therapy came into being it was rather revolutionary, in that it believes in finding ways to improve wellbeing not by looking to psychology or to medicine, but to philosophy. What is existential psychotherapy? It is a talk therapy that recognises that the meaning and purpose we feel in life is hugely important to...
Seen advertisements for online therapy and wondered if it could work for you? Read on to find out the pros and cons of Skype therapy. What exactly is Skype Counselling? Online therapy is the exact same process as in-person counselling or psychotherapy. You make a commitment to work with the same therapist, often at the...
What is integrative therapy? Just what it sounds like – a form of therapy that integrates different things. In this case what is being combined are different forms of psychotherapy, and the various tools that each one can offer to you as the client. The main idea behind integrative therapy is that you are unique,...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a form of talk psychotherapy which uses mindfulness as one of its main tools. At the heart of ACT is the goal of helping you live a more meaningful and productive life by developing what it refers to as “psychological flexibility”. This is essentially about learning to accept what...
A relatively new kind of psychotherapy, schema therapy was originally designed to help those who had personality disorders or found that other forms of psychotherapy just weren’t working for them. But its focus on understanding what drives our ways of being has also been found to help with depression, relationship problems, and general self-awareness. What...
“Don’t worry, be happy!” chants the well-known pop song. But faced with a world where unemployment, bereavement and ill health can hit anyone at any time, and the media presents us with one global tragedy after another, this can seem nigh on impossible. Should we try harder to have a positive mindset? Be more relentless...
A counsellor or a psychotherapist – which one do you need? It’s one of the most popular questions asked when people decide to seek therapy. The truth is that it’s rather a grey area when it comes to counselling and psychotherapy in the UK. Whereas in some countries like the United States there is a...
As its name implies, Cognitive analytic therapy (CAT) brings together theories and practises from both cognitive therapies and psychoanalytic approaches. A time-limited therapy, it is usually offered in courses of between 16 and 24 weekly sessions. The aim of Cognitive analytic therapy is to be an integration of useful, focused techniques that are quickly effective...
