Phoenix Coalition for the families and victims of sex abuse

Phoenix Coalition for the families and victims of sex abusePhoenix Coalition for the families and victims of sex abusePhoenix Coalition for the families and victims of sex abuse

Phoenix Coalition for the families and victims of sex abuse

Phoenix Coalition for the families and victims of sex abusePhoenix Coalition for the families and victims of sex abusePhoenix Coalition for the families and victims of sex abuse
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  • Expert Witness Services
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  • Contact Us
  • Menticide Paradigm

12 Popular Counseling Approaches to Consider

Counseling is tailored to the needs of the client

Looking for a counselor may feel like an overwhelming endeavor, especially for someone already dealing with troubling symptoms, trauma, loss.


The myriad of counseling approaches, styles, and specialties are undoubtedly confusing.


On this page are short videos that  will guide you through more than 12 popular counseling approaches and consider specific challenges, disorders (e.g., trauma, depression, and anxiety).


By highlighting these important areas, we hope you will find yourself more informed and prepared to find the right type of counseling approach to contribute to a more balanced, peaceful, and contented life.


Take time out to watch each of these different counseling approaches and take notes to provide your therapist  on which method you believe would be most beneficial for your counseling goals.


Psychodynamic Counseling

Rooted in Freudian theory, this type of counseling involves building strong therapist–client alliances. 

Interpersonal Counseling

 Interpersonal Counseling is a diagnosis-focused approach in which the client’s disorder is regarded as a medical illness that requires intervention 

Humanistic/Client-Centered Counseling

 Humanistic Counseling is based on the assumption that individuals already possess the qualities needed to flourish. This approach encourages curiosity, intuition, creativity, humility, empathy, and altruism.

Existential Therapy

 Existentialism is a philosophy aimed at examining the question of human existence. It is often associated with 19th and 20th-century writers and philosophers such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Soren Kierkegaard, Albert Camus, and Friedrich Nietzsche. 

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is grounded in the assumption that “emotional disorders are maintained by cognitive factors, and that psychological treatment leads to changes in these factors through cognitive and behavioral techniques”  

Mindfulness-Based Counseling

 Mindfulness-Based Counseling is grounded in mindfulness philosophy, which “refers to a process that leads to a mental state characterized by nonjudgmental awareness of the present moment experience, including one’s sensations, thoughts, bodily states, consciousness, and the environment while encouraging openness, curiosity, and acceptance” 

Rational Emotive Therapy

Albert Ellis developed Rational Emotive Therapy in the mid-1900s. It is a type of CBT in which a person’s distress is perceived as a function of irrational or faulty thinking. 

Reality Therapy

 Reality Therapy was developed by William Glasser in the 1950s. Its principles stem from Alfred Adler’s ideas about the social context of human behavior. It is based on choice theory, which focuses on the power of individuals to control their behaviors. 

Constructionist Therapy

 Constructionist Therapy is concerned with the meanings humans construct regarding the world around them. Within this framework, qualities believed to be related to gender, race, and social class are shaped by cultural influences and human interpretation.

Systemic Therapy

 Systemic Therapy underscores the influence of how patterns across systems (e.g., family, school, and employment) influence behaviors and psychological issues. A Systemic approach aims to treat the underlying system rather than focusing on the problem itself .

Narrative Therapy

Narrative Therapy enables individuals to become experts in their own lives. Each of us has a story we tell ourselves about who we are as a person. Because we derive meaning from our stories, they shape and influence how we perceive and respond to the world around us. 

Creative Therapy

 Creative Therapy involves the use of different art mediums aimed at improving mood and other aspects of wellbeing. 

And now some counseling comic relief....

We do not espouse death therapy!

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