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Types of Therapy

Articles on therapies and modalities that can be used in both clinical or positive psychology centered coaching or therapy sessions.

Engaging with clients

How to Engage and Motivate Clients in Therapy

Have you ever given thought to how to achieve outcomes in therapy? Longstanding research in community and hospital settings (Paul, 1967; Kiresuk & Sherman, 1968) [...]

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Naikan Therapy: Applying the Japanese Art of Self-Reflection

In their early teens, my eldest daughter and her friends would leave Post-it notes for people to find in the town nearby. On each was [...]

Hypnotherapy

Does Hypnotherapy Really Work? 10+ Scientific Findings

Hypnosis is a deep state of relaxation, focus, and increased suggestibility. Yet, it is not exceptional. We regularly find ourselves lost in thought, adrift in [...]

Gestalt Therapy Explained: History, Definition and Examples

Have you ever heard the terms “closure” or “unfinished business”? These terms have become part of the cultural lexicon, yet few know that their roots [...]

What is mindful self-compassion

What Is EMDR Therapy? (Incl. Training & Apps)

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a short-term type of exposure therapy used primarily in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and phobias. [...]

therapeutic questions for youth

Therapy Intake: Questions Every Therapist Should Ask

Healing conversations are an art form in peril of being lost to our busy lives. The ultimate goal of talk therapy is to enable the [...]

Therapy Questions

Classic Therapy Questions Therapists Tend to Ask

Talk therapy is all about healing conversations with a goal in mind. We partner with our clients and focus not only on the content of [...]

Positive Psychotherapy Clinician Manual

What Is Positive Psychotherapy? (Benefits & Model)

Seeking out any type of therapy can be daunting. We often realize that we could benefit from external support slowly, and for many, taking the [...]

Best Therapy Quotes

35 Best Therapy Quotes to Inspire and Motivate Others

In Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, David D. Burns writes ‘One of the cardinal features of cognitive therapy is that it stubbornly refuses to [...]

Rogers Actualizing Tendency

Carl Rogers’s Actualizing Tendency: Your Ultimate Guide

Psychotherapist and humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers began his career working with children. Later, as his work shifted to include working with adults and teaching, he [...]

3 Positive Psychology Tools (PDF)