Chapter 15 Overview

Chapter Overview:

What do you know about psychotherapy? Do you think that it is a place for people who are “crazy” or is it for people who are just in a time of struggle? There may not be a profession in our society where people have such strong opinions. Many of these opinions are not based on fact or experience, but rather from “what they have heard” or even from the movies. Since many people have not been to therapy themselves (even those who have had therapy may have only been to one type of therapist) this is also a profession that is highly misunderstood. The purpose of this chapter is to dispel the myths and educated you on the types of therapy available.

The chapter is divided into 4 sections:

15.1    Insight Therapies

15.2    Behaviour Therapies

15.3    Biomedical Therapies

15.4    Therapy and Critical Thinking