Psychology › Section P · Therapy and treatment › Topic P.2
Types of treatment
Therapy can mean lying on a couch talking about dreams, practising a feared situation step by step, or taking a medication prescribed by a doctor. This topic surveys the main kinds of treatment and the evidence behind them, for learning only, never as advice for yourself or anyone else.
In this topic
- Two families of treatment
- Psychoanalysis, psychodynamic therapy and play
- Behaviour therapy and exposure
- Worked example: a fear hierarchy
- Operant techniques
- Cognitive therapy and CBT
- Worked example: the ABC model
- Humanistic therapy
- Does psychotherapy work?
- Biomedical treatments
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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