Talking to clients, psychotherapists help them explore emotional problems, deal with distress, or develop coping strategies. Psychotherapists use a variety of collaborative processes to establish a relationship with the client.
Treatment is effective with both individuals or groups, and psychotherapists work with adults and children alike. Psychotherapists use a number of different approaches:
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Psychodynamic - focuses on childhood experiences, dreams, the unconscious and the dynamics of the client-therapist relationship
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Behavioural - works on the principal that damaging behaviours can be changed
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Cognitive - works by attempting to question and change self-deprecating thoughts and habitual responses
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Humanistic and integrative - based on self-development and personal growth
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Person-centred - based on developing inner resources
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Interpersonal/systemic - works by changing transactions and roles within relationships.
Opportunities for this profession exist in the NHS, the public sector, or with voluntary organisations. Other practitioners are self-employed, running their own private practice. There are a variety of ways to increase your employment possibilities, by developing a portfolio of services that you can offer. For example:
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Working in a variety of specialisms, for example, with children
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Working in mental health settings such as hospitals
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Working with private clients to help them make changes in their lives
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Training other professionals
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Teaching or lecturing
There are a number of governing bodies to whom you can turn for further information:
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British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
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United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)
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British Confederation of Psychotherapy (BCP)
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British Association of Psychotherapy (BAP)
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Association of Child Psychotherapy (ACP)
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