Therapeutic Approaches

Complete guide to therapeutic approaches — from classical to third-wave CBT

Classical Approaches

Psychoanalysis

Zygmunt Freud, Carl Jung, Melanie Klein

PTPsa

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Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Otto Kernberg, Peter Fonagy, Nancy McWilliams

PTPPD

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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Aaron Beck, Albert Ellis, Christine Padesky

PTTPB

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Humanistic Psychotherapy

Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow, Rollo May

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Gestalt Therapy

Fritz Perls, Laura Perls

PTPG

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Systemic Therapy

Salvador Minuchin, Murray Bowen, Virginia Satir

SNTR PTP

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Existential Psychotherapy

Viktor Frankl, Irvin Yalom

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Integrative Psychotherapy

Various

PSPI

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Third Wave CBT

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Steven Hayes

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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Marsha Linehan

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Schema Therapy

Jeffrey Young

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Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT)

Paul Gilbert

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Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

Zindel Segal, Mark Williams

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Specialized Modalities

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Francine Shapiro

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Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

Steve de Shazer, Insoo Kim Berg

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Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT)

Peter Fonagy, Anthony Bateman

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Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

Sue Johnson, Leslie Greenberg

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Narrative Therapy

Michael White, David Epston

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Transactional Analysis

Eric Berne

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