Imagine that you are a mental health provider and are talking to someone on the phone who is wondering about your services and therapy in general.
Given the variety of types of psychotherapy presented in the textbook, which would you provide? To make this decision, you will need to understand each type of therapy as well as evaluate which is most effective.
First, for each of the treatments listed in your textbook, you will need to:
1) write a 2-3 sentence summary that explains what that treatment believes to be the source of the disorder (9 points total; 1.5 points each)
2) write a 2-3 sentence explanation of one main technique used in that treatment (6 points total; 1 point each)
The treatments you need to write about are:
- Psychoanalysis
- Person-centered therapy
- Behavior therapy
- Cognitive therapy
- Group treatments
- Biological treatments