Adlerian Therapy: a growth model. It stresses a positive view of human nature and that we are in control of our own fate and not a victim to it.
Behavior Therapy: always undergoing refinement and uses learning to overcome specific behavioral problems. Existential Therapy: focuses on freedom of choice in shaping one's own life. Teaches one is responsible to shape his/her own life and a need for self-determination and self-awareness.
Gestalt Therapy: integrates the body and mind factors, by stressing awareness and integration. Integration of behaving, feelings, and thinking is the main goal in gestalt therapy.
Person-Centered Therapy: gives more responsibility to the client in their own treatment and views humans in a positive manner.
Psychotherapy: focuses on the unconscious and believes it influences human behavior. It is believed that a person is driven by aggressive and sexual impulses.
Rational-Emotive Therapy: is highly action-oriented and deals with the client's cognitive and moral state. This therapy stresses the client's ability of thinking on their own and in their ability to change.
Reality Therapy: teaches the client ways to control the world around them and how to meet their personal needs. They believe that the client can and will change their life for the better. Transactional Analysis: focuses on the client's cognitive and behavior functioning. The therapist helps the client evaluate their past decisions and how those decisions affect their present life.
Psychotherapy
PSY Web.com. (2010). Psychotherapy. Retrieved on July 16th, 2010, from http://psyweb.com/Mdisord/MdisordADV/AdvPsych.jsp
Adlerian Therapy: a growth model. It stresses a positive view of human nature and that we are in control of our own fate and not a victim to it.
Behavior Therapy: always undergoing refinement and uses learning to overcome specific behavioral problems.
Existential Therapy: focuses on freedom of choice in shaping one's own life. Teaches one is responsible to shape his/her own life and a need for self-determination and self-awareness.
Gestalt Therapy: integrates the body and mind factors, by stressing awareness and integration. Integration of behaving, feelings, and thinking is the main goal in gestalt therapy.
Person-Centered Therapy: gives more responsibility to the client in their own treatment and views humans in a positive manner.
Psychotherapy: focuses on the unconscious and believes it influences human behavior. It is believed that a person is driven by aggressive and sexual impulses.
Rational-Emotive Therapy: is highly action-oriented and deals with the client's cognitive and moral state. This therapy stresses the client's ability of thinking on their own and in their ability to change.
Reality Therapy: teaches the client ways to control the world around them and how to meet their personal needs. They believe that the client can and will change their life for the better.
Transactional Analysis: focuses on the client's cognitive and behavior functioning. The therapist helps the client evaluate their past decisions and how those decisions affect their present life.
For further information,
Here is a link to a website that provides a detailed description of these different types of psychotherapy: http://psyweb.com/Mdisord/MdisordADV/AdvPsych.jsp