Therapies

Therapy brings together the techniques and mechanisms to help change someone. In this section, you’ll find about the most relevant therapies, the approaches they follow, and the tools that they use.

Functional Behavioral Assessment

TherapiesFunctional Behavioral Assessment

Functional behavioral assessment (FBA) is a process that seeks to find out the function of certain problematical behaviors. It looks…

Guidelines for Psychologists Undergoing Therapy

TherapiesGuidelines for Psychologists Undergoing Therapy

Many psychologists are undergoing therapy. In fact, this kind of treatment is most recommended within this profession, as those who…

Cognitive Fusion: When Thoughts Become Reality

TherapiesCognitive Fusion: When Thoughts Become Reality

Cognitive fusion is a mental phenomenon. It's when the line between you and your thoughts becomes blurred. In other words,…

Psychodrama, the Art of Reliving Scenarios

TherapiesPsychodrama, the Art of Reliving Scenarios

Psychodrama is about reliving scenarios and being in the "here and now". This is one of the best-known maxims of…

ACT for Anxiety, When Exposure Isn't Enough

TherapiesACT for Anxiety, When Exposure Isn't Enough

ACT is a treatment for anxiety disorders. Although you may not be aware of it, these are increasingly prevalent in…

Seven Techniques Derived from Psychodrama

TherapiesSeven Techniques Derived from Psychodrama

Psychodrama is a therapeutic derived technique, a set of techniques that center on the staging/dramatization of reality from a given…

Begoña Rojí on Communication Skills for Therapists

TherapiesBegoña Rojí on Communication Skills for Therapists

Begoña Rojí is a professor in the Department of Personality, Evaluation, and Psychological Treatments (Faculty of Psychology, UNED). The contributi...

First Session Intervention in Self-Injurious Crisis

TherapiesFirst Session Intervention in Self-Injurious Crisis

The World Health Organization (WHO) lists suicide, a self-injurious crisis, as the leading cause of violent death worldwide. many more…

Characteristics and Objectives of Group Therapy

TherapiesCharacteristics and Objectives of Group Therapy

Group therapy is a modality in which several people undergo therapy at the same time, always guided by one or…

The Various Types of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapies

TherapiesThe Various Types of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapies

Currently, there are many different types of psychoanalytic psychotherapies, as a lot has happened in the field of psychotherapy since…

Case Histories: What Should They Include?

TherapiesCase Histories: What Should They Include?

Case histories are documents that therapists prepare. A case history includes information about each individual client's therapy. It starts with th...

Learn About the Cutting-Edge Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Dissociative Disorders

TherapiesLearn About the Cutting-Edge Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Dissociative Disorders

Did you know that cognitive behavioral therapy is a cutting-edge treatment basing on the latest advances in psychology research? In…

Doll Therapy, a New Treatment for Dementia

TherapiesDoll Therapy, a New Treatment for Dementia

Over time, necessity has dictated the need for different non-pharmacological treatments for dementia. For example, music therapy, occupational ther...

All About Dr. Julia Harper’s Innovative Brain-Based Therapeutic Program

TherapiesAll About Dr. Julia Harper’s Innovative Brain-Based Therapeutic Program

Julia Harper’s innovative brain-based therapeutic program, which taps into neuroplasticity, is making a change in people's lives across the world.&...

What's Mentalization-Based Treatment About?

TherapiesWhat's Mentalization-Based Treatment About?

Mentalization-based treatment is a fairly new therapeutic approach. Its goal is the same as many other types of clinical strategies:…

How Schema Therapy Can Help You Undo Harmful Patterns

TherapiesHow Schema Therapy Can Help You Undo Harmful Patterns

Schema therapy is a newer type of therapy that famous American psychologist Jeffrey Young created. Young’s effective therapy combines elements of&h...

Token Economy to Change Behavior

TherapiesToken Economy to Change Behavior

The token economy is a widely used behavior modification technique to promote and reinforce non-spontaneous behavior. Many methodologies are aimed&...

Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Causes and Treatment

TherapiesBody Dysmorphic Disorder: Causes and Treatment

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), or body dysmorphia, is a psychological disorder. It's when a person believes that some part of…

Motivational Interviewing in Addictions

TherapiesMotivational Interviewing in Addictions

Motivational interviewing in addictions is a psychological resource Miller and Rollnick designed in 1991. This is because the motivation to…

Wessler's Cognitive Analytic Therapy

TherapiesWessler's Cognitive Analytic Therapy

Wessler's cognitive analytic therapy is a short-term cognitive therapy. It has certain things in common with other cognitive therapies. However,&he...

Kelly's Fixed Role Therapy: How it Works

TherapiesKelly's Fixed Role Therapy: How it Works

George Kelly developed personal construct theory, as well as the technique of fixed role therapy. According to this approach, you build…