Please do note that this is for patients who want to know how to choose a therapist for the counselling they want. It is not a health manual and not for health students or practitioners. It gives a brief overview on psychotherapy as a whole.
This is a list of the Chapter headings which should give you a general idea as to the content:
1 CLEAR THE FEAR
Psychiatrists - medicate
Psychologists – ruminate
Psychotherapists - meditate
2 HEALING FEELINGS
3 TYPES OF THERAPY
Behaviour Therapy
Brief Therapy
Client/Person-Centred Therapy
Cognitive Therapy (CT)
Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)*
Cognitive-Restructuring Therapy (CRT)
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)*
Gestalt Therapy/Counselling
Human Givens Therapy*
Hypno-Analytical Approaches
Interpersonal Therapy
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
Psychoanalytical Counselling
Reality Therapy
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Strategic Therapy
Structural Therapy
Systemic Therapy
Rogerian
4 THE MYSTERY OF HISTORY
470-399 BC
854 – 925 AD
1700-1800
1800s
1900s
5 A TYPICAL THERAPY SESSION
Rapport Building
Information Gathering
Goal Setting
Accessing Resources
Agreeing Change
Recall
Relax
Rewind
Reframe
6 CONCLUSION
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