Psychotherapy Approaches

One psychotherapy differs from another. There is no single, universal psychotherapy - many approaches or schools exist. Each of them has its own ideas about three things:

1. how the human psyche/soul/inner world functions;
2. how difficulties/disorders/illnesses/pathologies arise;
3. how (therapeutic) intervention is possible with the aim of reducing or eliminating disorders.

Consequently, different schools can be completely opposite in their theoretical views about humans and their psychological processes - about the workings of thought and feeling. Some researchers also claim that different schools reflect the lives and personalities of their founders. Be that as it may! They all exist and, on the whole, are all approximately equally effective. Although each psychotherapist’s training program includes an introduction to other psychotherapy approaches - at least the major ones - specialization takes place in one approach. Below I have briefly described those psychotherapy approaches that I have encountered more in my life and practice - I have studied them and/or continue to learn them: Existential therapy - my first, and therefore also my favorite approach. It is based on existential philosophy and literature, very humanistic in its spirit. Neuro-vegetative therapy - an introduction to the fact that the body also plays an enormous role, it is much more than a framework for the brain. Psycho-organic analysis - a very interesting, distinctive approach with its own strong, original theory. In my work, I also use individual methods from other approaches, for example, from cognitive-behavioral therapy. Which method to choose in each individual case is determined by the client’s needs and interests.