Theories
This therapy views maladaptive behaviors as learned responses and seeks to change them through conditioning techniques.
What is Behavior Therapy?
This technique involves pairing a stimulus that naturally elicits a response with a neutral stimulus, so the neutral stimulus eventually produces the response on its own.
What is Classical Conditioning? (Behavior Therapy)
This approach is effective for clients seeking structured interventions for specific behaviors, such as those with phobias or compulsive habits.
What is Behavior Therapy?
This approach is used to help clients with anxiety by teaching them relaxation techniques that counteract the physical symptoms of stress.
What is Progressive Muscle Relaxation? (Behavior Therapy)
The primary goal for this client is to increase awareness of present experiences, so they can integrate all aspects of themselves into a coherent whole.
What is Gestalt Therapy?
This therapy integrates cognitive and behavioral techniques to help clients identify and change dysfunctional thinking and behavior patterns.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
This technique encourages clients to assess evidence for and against their automatic thoughts to help modify irrational beliefs.
What is Cognitive Restructuring? (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)
A therapy ideal for clients seeking increased personal empowerment and exploration of social identity and justice.
What is Feminist Therapy?
This technique focuses on challenging irrational beliefs and replacing them with more balanced, rational thoughts in order to improve emotional regulation.
What is Cognitive Restructuring? (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)
The goal of this therapy is to foster self-acceptance, reduce self-criticism, and help the client achieve personal growth through an accepting and non-judgmental relationship with the therapist.
What is Person-Centered Therapy?
This theory is based on the idea that people are responsible for their choices and that satisfying relationships are key to psychological health.
What is Choice Theory/Reality Therapy?
In this approach, clients are asked to evaluate whether their current actions are effectively helping them meet their needs.
What is Self-Evaluation? (Choice Theory/Reality Therapy)
Clients who want help restructuring distorted thinking patterns related to anxiety and depression would benefit most from this therapy.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
In this application, clients are asked to reflect on their past choices, how those choices led to their present situation, and how they can take control over their future decisions.
What is the WDEP System? (Choice Theory/Reality Therapy)
The goal of this approach is to help the client identify and modify destructive patterns of behavior and thought, which often originate in early childhood and family dynamics.
What is Adlerian Therapy?
This approach addresses the power dynamics in therapy and focuses on gender, social equality, and social justice.
What is Feminist Therapy?
This technique allows clients to understand how their behaviors and feelings are influenced by sociocultural expectations.
What is Power Analysis? (Feminist Therapy)
Ideal for individuals who are ready to explore how relationships and choices affect their current satisfaction and happiness.
What is Choice Theory/Reality Therapy?
This application involves helping clients identify and challenge power imbalances in relationships and society that may be contributing to their struggles with self-esteem and identity.
What is Power Analysis? (Feminist Therapy)
The goal is to bring unconscious conflicts and repressed memories into the conscious mind so the client can understand and resolve these issues.
What is Psychoanalytic Therapy?
An approach that considers each client’s story unique and reframes "problems" as constructs shaped by society and culture.
What is Social Constructionism (or Postmodern Therapy)?
This approach includes using "scaling questions" to help clients measure their progress and identify small steps toward solutions.
What is Scaling? (Solution-Focused Brief Therapy)
This approach may work well for clients open to examining and reconstructing their life stories, with a focus on their personal narrative and cultural background.
What is Narrative Therapy?
This intervention involves exploring a client’s personal story to deconstruct limiting narratives and replace them with empowering, more cohesive stories that reflect their strengths and abilities.
What is Externalizing the Problem? (Narrative Therapy)
The ultimate goal of this approach is to help clients find meaning in their lives by accepting the responsibility for their choices, even in the face of anxiety, uncertainty, or death.
What is Existential Therapy?