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To become a licensed therapist, you need to earn a bachelor’s and master’s degree, complete a set amount of supervised clinical experience hours, and obtain licensure. State licensure/certification is required for most counseling practitioners.
Understanding Types of Therapies
Psychotherapy is a way for psychologists to help people who have problems. There are different types of psychotherapy. One type helps people understand their thoughts and feelings they might not be aware of. Another type tries to change behavior by using rewards and punishments. A third type helps people change negative thoughts into positive ones. A fourth type helps people make good choices and reach their full potential. The last type is a mix of all the other types based on each person’s needs.
Scan the chapter “Introduction to Therapy and Treatment.”
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Psychoanalysis therapy helps people understand their unconscious thoughts and feelings.
Behavior therapy tries to change behavior by using rewards and punishments.
Cognitive therapy helps people change negative thoughts into positive ones.
Humanistic therapy helps people reach their full potential by making good choices.
Integrative or holistic therapy is a mix of all the others based on a person’s needs.
Medical therapy combines medication and medical procedures with other therapy.
For example, the first type – psychoanalysis – is concerned with the unconscious mind and dreams. Dr. Sigmund Freud was the founder of psychoanalysis. He was born in 1856 in Austria (now called the Czech Republic) and died in 1939. Burrhus Frederic Skinner–more commonly known as B.F. Skinner–is credited with the development of Behavior Therapy. CBT does not make use of Freud’s theory or approach. CBT partially makes use of Skinner’s theory and approach to therapy.
Take A Guess
Can you identify what category CBT would fall into? If you look at the name of CBT it contains two types: Cognitive and behavioral. So, CBT could be considered an integrative or holistic therapy because it is partially from two types. It is helpful categorize a therapy because categories help identify therapies with similar emphasis.
Questions
What are the different types of psychotherapy, and how do they differ from one another?
How does CBT differ from psychoanalysis and behavior therapy in terms of its approach to helping people change negative thoughts and behaviors?
What are the benefits of an integrated approach to therapy, and how might it be more effective than a single approach?
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