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Types of Therapy

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Radically open dialectical behavior therapy (RO DBT)

March 13, 2024 | Written by therapist.com team

Radically open dialectical behavior therapy is a form of therapy that focuses on improving self-expression, social connectedness, and flexibility.

Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)

February 19, 2024 | Written by therapist.com team

Rational emotive behavior therapy helps people identify irrational beliefs that inform their behavior, then replace them with more helpful beliefs.

Cognitive processing therapy (CPT)

February 12, 2024 | Written by therapist.com team

Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) helps people with PTSD identify and resolve the unhelpful trauma-driven beliefs that shape how they see the world.

Emotionally focused therapy (EFT): Types, stages, goals

February 12, 2024 | Written by therapist.com team

Learn how emotionally focused therapy can help individuals, couples, and families restructure their emotional responses and strengthen their relationships.

A therapist’s guide to emotionally focused individual therapy (EFIT)

February 12, 2024 | Written by Sue Johnson, EdD

Based on EFT, a type of couples therapy, EFIT helps individuals connect with themselves. Learn more from psychologist Sue Johnson, who developed both methods.

Schema therapy

January 18, 2024 | Written by therapist.com team

Schema therapy helps people identify and meet their core needs by changing negative patterns they’ve developed in thinking about themselves and others.

Exposure therapy: How it works and who can benefit

December 22, 2023 | Written by therapist.com team

Exposure therapy can help someone overcome their fears or phobias in a safe space. Learn more about how it works and if you may benefit from exposure therapy.

Emotional freedom techniques: Learn how to tap

December 18, 2023 | Written by therapist.com team

Emotional freedom techniques, or “tapping,” is an alternative form of therapy that combines affirming statements with intentional touch to reduce pain.

Existential therapy

December 15, 2023 | Written by therapist.com team

Existential therapy helps people explore issues like meaning, freedom, and mortality. It can be used on its own or as a framework for other types of therapy.

What is havening, and is it effective?

December 13, 2023 | Written by therapist.com team

Havening is a new, relatively untested type of alternative therapy that uses touch and other distraction techniques to promote relaxation and healing.

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