Discussion:
Approaches to Psychotherapy for Psychology Students
The solution provides a detailed explanation of 5 (biomedical, psychodynamic, humanistic-existential, behavioural and cognitive) approaches to psychotherapy. The solution contains more than 400 words of text and is a step-by-step explanation of the different approaches to psychotherapy. The response also contains a website link and sources used.
Example Solution:
Cognitive:
The theory and method of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) were developed by Aaron Beck and outlined in a series of papers published in the 1960s. CBT development was prompted by the observation that patients referred for psychotherapy often held ingrained, negatively skewed assumptions of themselves, their future and their environment. Treatment is based on the idea that disorder is caused not by life events but by the view the patient takes of these events. It is a short-term, collaborative therapy, focused on current problems, whose goals are symptom relief and the development of new skills to encourage and maintain recovery.