Update to List of Psychotherapy & Counseling Approaches
September 26th, 2007 | Email this to your FriendsDear GoodTherapy.org Members,
GoodTherapy.org is once again in the process of updating our list of psychotherapy models. We want to share with you the update and ask for your help.
Below you’ll find 4 lists of therapy approaches: Those which have been added to our list; those already listed, those we need more information about before making a decision, and those which we have not included. Please note: you will not find the complete list of models listed in this post. For the complete list of therapy approaches click here: http://www.goodtherapy.org/1657.html and see the “Type of therapy you want” drop down list. We would be grateful for any information or opinions you have about the approaches below which we need more info about. Whether your can provide a quick yea or a nay, a link to a website with more info, or even a dissertation on why we should add or exclude an approach :), we’d love to hear it. Our team will research these approaches on our own, but we know there are many talented and knowledgeable therapists listed in Goodtherapy.org who can give us a running start. Please feel free to reply to this post (scroll down to the end of post to do so) and add any info you may have about any of the models. Thanks for your help! Here’s the list:
The Complete List:
For the complete list of therapy approaches click here: http://www.goodtherapy.org/1657.html and see the “Type of therapy you want” drop down list.
Approaches we have recently added:
Family Attachment Narrative Therapy
Gottman Method
Neurofeedback
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
Relational Psychotherapy
Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy
Suggestions which were already included:
Buddhist Psychotherapy – already included under Contemplative Approaches
Creative Cognitive Restructuring – already included under Cognitive Behavioral
Dream Analysis/Dream therapy – already included under Dream Work / Dream Analysis
Eastern Tradition Therapy - already included under Contemplative Approaches
Eclectic therapy – already included under Integration of Different Therapy Models (see the very bottom of the main list)
Emotional Freedom Technique
Energy Psychology
Experiential Family – already included under Family Systems Therapy
NLP
Non-Violent Communication
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Rogerian Therapy
Solution focused therapy
Zen-Psychotherapy – already included under contemplative approaches
Approaches we need more information about:
Competency-Based Family Systems model
Developmental Couple Therapy
Energy Psychiatry
HeartMath
Interanalytic Couples Therapy
PAIRS- practical application of intimate relationship skills
Psych-K
Quality of Life Therapy
Sedona Method
Sound Therapy & Vibrational Therapy
Spiritual Psychology
Suggestions not added:
Acupuncture – Not a pure psychotherapy model, though used in conjunction
Co-Active Coaching – Not a psychotherapy model
Grief Therapy – This is a concern and a mode, not an individual model of therapy, as far as we know
Group Therapy – This is a mode, not a model of therpay
Integral Coaching – Not a psychotherapy model
Neurotransmitter Testing and Targeted Amino Acid Therapy – This is an adjunct to psychotherapy.
PTSD – this is not specific model, this is a concern addressed in therapy
September 30th, 2007 at 1:19 am
Have you included psychotherapeutic counselling?
Admin: Hi Brenda, We’re not really sure what “psychotherapeutic counseling” is, other than the obvious. If this is the name of a specific approach, could you please include link to more information about it. Thanks, the GT Team
September 30th, 2007 at 2:39 am
I would like to see these two added:
existential-phenomenological psychotherapy http://www.existentialanalysis.co.uk/ and Focusing-oriented psychotherapy http://www.focusingtherapy.org http://www.focusing.org Thanks. Greg Madison
Admin: Hi Greg, Thanks for your suggestions. Both focusing and existential psychotherapy are included in our list Thanks, the GT Team
September 30th, 2007 at 2:42 am
add new psychothrerapy approaches
Admin: Hi Carol, Could please you expand on this. We’re not really sure what you mean. Thanks, the GT Team
September 30th, 2007 at 2:43 am
Grief Therapy
Integral Coaching
PTSD
Admin: Hi Carol, Thanks for your suggestions. PTSD and Grief are listed in the list of concerns addressed. Could you please provide a link to more info on Integral Coaching. Thanks, the GT Team
September 30th, 2007 at 4:15 am
What about Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing approach to working with trauma?
Admin: Hi Jaylynne, Thanks for your suggestion. SE is already included in our list. Thanks, the GT Team
September 30th, 2007 at 4:27 am
Do you folks sell/distribute email address lists of your participants? I have recently received more than usual amount of unsolicited therapy-related emails, which I consider spam.
Admin: Hi Louise, The answer to your question is absolutely not. Not only do we never sell or give away your emails, the email address which you provide cannot even be detected by users of the potential client email system nor by spammers who sift through sites looking for emails. We make our privacy policy very clear on the sign up page and provide a link to it. Here it is again for you to read, but I warn you it may be responsible for narcolepsy:
http://www.goodtherapy.org/privacystatement.html Thanks, the GT
September 30th, 2007 at 4:40 am
I’m disappointed to see ‘group’ therapy removed. Yes, it is a modality, however, clients will specifically look for ‘group therapy’ because they are seeking the group experience.
It’s the same principle as ‘couples’ or marriage counseling. I hope you don’t omit this one, too.
Admin: Hi Marsena, Thanks for your concern. Group Therapy was not removed from our list of models because it was never included in the list of models. This is because it’s not considered an approach to therapy; it is a mode of therapy. However, you need not worry about potential clients looking for group therapy. Because Group Therapy is listed as a “type of service” in the advanced search function, people are able to search for therapists who provide group therapy. Here’s our thinking about Group Therapy: There are many kinds of Group therapy, cognitive-behavioral, DBT, Yalom’s approach, and many others. Therefore, calling group therapy a model is like calling individual therapy a model. We would be happy to consider adding a particular form of Group therapy, if you would like. I hope that eases your concern. Thanks, the GT
September 30th, 2007 at 4:43 am
Please note that PTSD is not a “concern”. It is a diagnostic category and is listed in the DSM.
Admin: Hi Collette, Thanks for your concern. We are quite aware that PTSD is a diagnostic category. However, as PTSD relates to our site, it does not belong in our list of therapy approaches, because it is not an approach to therapy. On GoodTherapy.org PTSD is included on the list of “concerns” that people searching for therapy & counseling can search for therapists by. We choose to have a list of “concerns” rather than a list of “diagnoses” for many reasons related to the philosophy of our site.
September 30th, 2007 at 4:56 am
For more information about sound therapy listen to my interview with Sharry Edwards, a pioneer in using sound to heal the body. I have used sound, which is a very strong vibration to improve the emotional health of myself, clients and students. There is abundant research on how music, which is sound, brings our brain back into harmony–this is a huge factor to success! The link to this interview is http://www.moosemeals.com/edge-library.htm Scroll down till you see Sharry Edwards.
Anyone wanting more information about sound therapy can study with me. Sound has a healing affect on physical matter, while color has a healing affect on the emotional body. Sound and color are some of the many tricks in the bag you need to succeed in helping others reach holistic mental health as practiced by the New Psychology. More at http://www.drjeanette.com/newpsychology.html
Admin: Hi Doris, Thanks for your help. This will be fun to learn about. I know experientially how much music and color can impact and affect me. I also remember a few years ago Daniel Siegel talking about his experiments with having his clients try on different colored glasses and the amazing results he was seeing. Anyhow, thank you this will be fun to explore.
September 30th, 2007 at 5:05 am
Hi,
I just wolke up and I am a bit slow in the morning,….However want to chat will you about my inmediate response. First a question, when you mention systemic, is understood as, the Struture Therapy/Minuchin; Strategic…. ? What do you consider Solution Focused?…I’ll have more to chat, but I need my Colombian coffee…I’ll continue later. Great job,
Aoda L Redondo
Admin: Hi Aoda, Thanks for your comment. We mention Family Systems therapy in our post, but not systemic. Solution Focused is both an individual and family therapy. Does this help?
September 30th, 2007 at 5:34 am
Noah,
I am not familiar with some of the therapies you have added but would be interested in learning more about them!
September 30th, 2007 at 6:14 am
I’m not sure what your goal is in spelling out several dozen types of
approaches, but my concern is that we already have a language which
only speaks to one another and having this exhaustive list adds fuel to
the fire. In other words, what normal person (searching for a therapist)
could possibly wade through such a detailed list??? This list would overwhelm
and confuse the smartest consumer. Additionally, if a therapist is to be found
under his/her own approach (model), there are several on this list that are
parallel one another or basically mean the same thing.
This reminds me of the cryptic definition of “higher education”: learning
more & more about less & less. We should be striving to simplify our language & terminology, not split it into the smallest particles like an atom!
Admin: Hi Nancy, Thank you. We very much agree with your concerns about our list of concerns and our list of models. The reason we keep these lists is because 1. some people want to search by therapy model or concern and; 2. we hope to inform people about healthy forms of psychotherapy. I am personally aware about the possibility of people being overwhelmed by both the list of concerns and the list of models. Because of this, GoodTherapy.org 1. includes the list on the advanced search page, not the primary search page; 2. limits the list of concerns as much as possible; 3 translates the list of concerns from diagnoses and disorders to concerns as much as possible.
Hi Again nancy, you may be interested in this blog post: Why Does GoodTherapy.org include a list of Psychotherapy & Counseling Approaches?
September 30th, 2007 at 6:19 am
Acceptance and Commitment therapy as well as Dialectical Behaviour Therapy are both empirically supported, third wave behaviour therapies that are legitimate approaches.
Admin: Hi Mike, Thanks for your concern. Both of these are included. Please note: the above list is not a list of all the therapy models included!em>
September 30th, 2007 at 6:31 am
Internal Family Systems Therapy needs to be added if it is not, and additional information can be found about this model of therapy at
http://www.selfleadership.org. Click on Internal Family Systems Model. Developed by Richard Schwartz, PhD. Thank you.
I disagree that group therapy is not a model of therapy. Read Yalom’s text for benefits derived from group members process as it relates to their own inner process. That would suggest a therapeutic intervention takes place by association to others, a change in a positive direction which is “therapy”.
Admin: Hi Karen, Thanks for your concern. IFS is absolutely included on the list. Please note that the above list is not an all inclusive list. It’s an update of the new models we’ve added or rejected or need more info about. Here’s our thinking about Group Therapy: There are many kinds of Group therapy, cognitive-behavioral, DBT, Yalom’s approach, and many others. Therefore, calling group therapy a model is like calling individual therapy a model. We would be happy to consider adding a particular form of Group therapy, such as Yalom’s if you would like.
September 30th, 2007 at 7:08 am
Please consider adding DNMS - Developmental Needs Meeting Strategies. This was developed by Shirley Jean Schmidt, Ph.D. out of EMDR work; the website is http://www.dnmsinstitute.com. Also, consider David Grand’s work, Brainspotting, also from EMDR work. His website is http://www.biolateral.com, and you can read more about Brainspotting at Robin Shapiro’s blog, http://traumatherapy.typepad.com/trauma_attachment_therapy/brainspotting/index.html. And I don’t see EMDR on the list; am I just missing it? http://www. emdr.org or http://www.emdria.org for more info on that! And for more about hypnosis, the best and most credible source is the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis - http://www.asch.net. Thank you!
Admin: Hi Cynthia, Thanks for your concern. DNMS & EMDR are absolutely included on the list. Please note that the above list is not an all inclusive list. It’s an update of the new models we’ve added or rejected or need more info about.
September 30th, 2007 at 7:38 am
Have you thought about adding SandPlay/SandTray Therapy as a modality?
Admin: Hi Jan, Thanks for your concern. Sand Play / Sand Tray is absolutely included on the list. Please note that the above list is not an all inclusive list. It’s an update of the new models we’ve added or rejected or need more info about.
September 30th, 2007 at 8:01 am
consider adding to your list of therapy modes Imago Relationship Therapy. See the institute for imago relationship therapy.com HUNDREDS of therapists worldwide.
Admin: Hi John, Thanks again for your concern. Imago is on the list. Please note that the above list is not an all inclusive list. It’s an update of the new models we’ve added or rejected or need more info about.
September 30th, 2007 at 8:02 am
PLEASE CONSIDER ADDING IMAGO RELATIONSHIP THERAPY
THE INSTITUTE FOR IMAGO RELATIONSHIP THERAPY
Admin: Hi John, Thanks for your concern. Imago is on the list. Please note that the above list is not an all inclusive list. It’s an update of the new models we’ve added or rejected or need more info about.
September 30th, 2007 at 8:43 am
Neuro Emotional Technique or NET is by far the most effective energy psychology in existence. Please add it.
Admin: Hi Jef, please provide us with a link to a website where we can get more information about NET. Thanks!
September 30th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
Hi Folks: your page about the lists of therapy types says that Rogerian therapy was recently added to the list, but I don’t find it in the drop down menu. Please add it there.
Thanks!
Admin: Hi Jim, Thanks for your concern. Actually our post lists Rogerian under models already included. It’s on the list under “Person Centered / Rogerian”
September 30th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
I just sent you an email in which I suggested you include an advanced search function that goes beyond entering a zip code. Now I see you already have an advanced search function. Sorry! In my email I also asked you how you select therapists to invite for your directory. Perhaps others would be interested in this question as well.
Admin: Hi Judith, No problem.. We got your email and emailed you back. Most of the time people discover us by word-of-mouth. The search engines also attract a lot of attention. We’re growing at about 100 members a week. Char and I also invite therapists who we come by online to check our site out and see if it’s a fit.. I can’t say that we have any particular guidelines to whom we invite and who we don’t (though we have guidelines for who joins). But we get a good “feel” for someone and after the invite; we leave it up to them. There are some providers who don’t understand the beauty and power of working in a non-pathologizing way, these folks don’t join and that’s okay. I don’t know if that completely answers your question… feel free to reply or backchannel us at our support at goodtherapy.org email. Noah
September 30th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Thank you for yuor quick response and clarification regarding Sandtray Therapy. Jan
Admin: You’re welcome Jan
September 30th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
In my opinion, Grief Therapy is indeed an approach/model of therapy—see:
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=26261
Also, I think Trauma Therapy should be included.
Since my focus is on both Grief and Trauma therapies, I would like to have them added. But, unfortunately, do not have the time to outline the points.
If baffles me that of some of the others mentioned, that grief therapy/trauma therapy would be considered a concern as opposed to a modality.
But, thanks for seeking input.
Brenda
Admin: Hi Brenda, the list of models is for specific psychotherapeutic approaches. Trauma therapy is not a specific psychotherapeutic model, like EMDR for example. Trauma therapy, as far as we are aware, includes many kinds of specific psychotherapeutic models, such as EMDR, IFS, SE, ect. For this reason we do not include trauma therapy as a specific psychotherapy model. We do include many specific psychotherapies which treat trauma in our list of therapy models/approaches. We also include trauma in our list of concerns addressed. The same reasoning applies to Grief therapy. We’re sorry that this doesn’t fit for you, but it’s not out of respect for the work of healing trauma and grief. Most of my work focuses on these two things also.
September 30th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
I went to the Heartmath website and saw there is no
reference at all to the technique or books I had used. They just are
selling the emWave and CD’s. I wrote a friend who was fully trained in the technique and here is her reply.
Yes, that is about all they do now is the software and CD’s. There is
some phone coaching available and business trainings. The techniques I
use are on the CD’;s They do have certified one on one providers, but
no longer have available what I do.
HeartMath is also found now in hospitals and education for strictly
stress management for health and better work performance. They have
become very much a software company and I don’t even know how much of the ongoing research they do anymore. But they have definitely pulled out of the therapy/counseling/spiritual areas. As far as I know no one is taking over the technique work. Hope my reply
helped. I don’t have much contact with HeartMath anymore because they have changed so much.
October 2nd, 2007 at 4:59 pm
I was certified as a PAIRS practitioner. PAIRS is a technique of working with couples in groups. It can be useful. It incorporates many different modalities (for example: Gestalt). Lori H. Gordon is the creator of PAIRS and has written many books. My favorite being “If you Really Loved Me…” I am no longer certified as a PAIRS practitioner as the rules kept changing and I tend to get tired of politics.
Sedona Method: I am a Sedona Method facilitator. Sedona Method is not a form of psychotherapy. It is a modality that can be useful with some clients as a tool. It was created by Lester Levenson and Hale Dwoskin in Sedona Arizona teaches it and teaches others how to teach it. It is a Positive Psychology approach to life.
Admin: Mara, we very much appreciate you taking the time to share this info with us :)