Cogntive Behavioral Therapy

Dialetical Behavioral Therapy

Some additional types of therapy separated into "Traditional" and "Alternative".
Information for this was pulled from the following site: http://counsellingresource.com/
These lists are not ALL the therapies available. A list of external links for more information can be found towards the end of this post.


Traditional Therapy

• Couples Counseling and Family Therapy - Sometimes just with an individual, but usually with a couple or the entire family. Both are similar in approach. Often involves discussions & problem-solving sessions with the therapist acting as facilitator/mediator. Can help with the way couples and/or family members interact with each other.
  
  
• Group Therapy - Typically involves groups of 4-12 people with similar problems. The therapist acts as facilitator/mediator to a somewhat lesser degree in many cases. Relies mostly upon the interaction of the group's members to help each other and/or to modify the member's behaviour(s).
  
  
• Interpersonal Psychotherapy - One-on-one with therapist. Focus is mainly on patient's current life and relationships. (family, social, work, etc.) Goals are usually to identify and resolve problems with insight. Also to build upon prior strengths.
  
  
• Play Therapy - Typically used for young(er) children. Uses activities to help establish communication with the therapist. Play activities also help to identify and then work on resolving problems the child is having. Activities often used in play therapy include: puppets, games, drawing or other art, dolls/action figures and toys that can be grouped into "families". (such as dinosaurs or other animals) Some therapists will use a "reward system" at the end of a session for rewarding participation. (a small box of token toys the child can choose from as a reward)
  
  
• Psychoanalysis - One-on-one with psychoanalyst, typically 3-5 times a week. Focus is usually on past conflicts as the cause of current emotional and behavioural problems. Typically long-term and intense. "Free association" method used to explore unconscious motivations and previous unproductive ways or patterns of resolving problems.
  
  
• Psychodynamic Psychotherapy - One-on-one with therapist. Although similar to Psychoanalysis it differs in intensity, frequency of sessions (once or twice weekly) and duration. Past experiences, genetics and current situation are all taken into account for patient's behaviour. It also recognizes the impact of emotions and unconscious motivational factors can have on behaviour.

Alternative Therapy

• Self-Help
• Diet & Nutrition
• Pastoral Counseling
• Animal Assisted Therapies
• Expressive Therapies
  • Art
  • Dance/Movement
  • Music/Sound
• Culturally Based Healing Arts
  • Acupuncture
  • Ayurveda
  • Yoga/Meditation
  • Native American
  • Cuentos
• Relaxation & Stress Reduction Techniques
  • Biofeedback
  • Massage
  • Guided Imagery or Visualization
• Tech-Based
  • Telemedicine
  • Telephone Counseling
  • Electronic Communication
  • Radio Psychiatry

For more info on the "Alternative" Therapies please visit: http://counsellingresource.com/types/alternative.html which is where I got the list from. At some later date I may include short descriptions for them.

Here are also some links for both "Traditional" and "Alternative" therapies, other types of therapy not listed here and links to additional summaries:

Additional Summaries of Therapy Types

http://www.psychnet-uk.com/psychotherapy/s...erapy_types.htm
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/psychotherapy/MH00009
http://healthyminds.org/psychotherapy.cfm
http://psychology.about.com/od/psychothera.../treattypes.htm
http://health.discovery.com/centers/mental...py/therapy.html
http://health.discovery.com/centers/mental...ctitioners.html
Google search for "types of therapy"


"Traditional" Therapy

http://www.aacap.org/
http://www.aamft.org/
http://www.psych.org/
http://www.helping.apa.org/
http://www.naswdc.org/


"Alternative" Therapy

http://www.arttherapy.org/
http://www.aapc.org/
http://www.amerchiro.org/
http://www.adta.org/
http://www.musictherapy.org/
http://www.aaom.org/
http://www.deltasociety.org/
http://www.power2u.org/
http://www.mhselfhelp.org/