What kind of psychotherapy is there? Hmm.. how can I tell it without overwhelming the readers. I have already described the division into areas. But you can also find different options within the directions. Or it could be common to all three. Conversation or discussion is everywhere. Psychotherapy of any direction can be symptom-oriented, or it can be personal change-oriented. Symptom-oriented therapy works with a specific symptom, for example, fear of something. Sometimes, a person gets rid of fear, and after a while a new symptom appears - headache, for example. Therapy focused on personal changes changes the quality of life, but is longer and more painful. Or it can be focused on support, and not on changes at all . For example, a person is hospitalized for psychiatry once a year without psychotherapy, and can live without hospitalization for several years if he meets with a psychotherapist with some frequency. For example, in the case of a serious mental disorder. Psychotherapy can be directive, for example hypnotherapy, and non-directive, for example psychoanalysis. In addition, there are methods where, in addition to relationships, works of art are treated. Not the works themselves, but art in the context of relationships. Sometimes something is created and discussed with a psychotherapist - in art therapy, for example. Using some methods of psychotherapy, the psychotherapist seeks to understand the patient's problem and help him actively overcome them. In this case, hidden motivation is not sought. An example is behavioral methods. When using another group of methods, the psychotherapist helps the patient better understand himself, his motives, values, and aspirations. Such an understanding can help resolve the patient’s problem, or it can only weaken it, to the level of “one can tolerate it.” Sometimes, it helps the patient when he works for some time with one psychotherapist in one method, and then with another in another. Our lives are changing quickly and psychotherapy responds to this with the emergence of new methods and techniques. And here it can be difficult to navigate. And do not mistake anything else for psychotherapy. However, how to differentiate here is a separate question. Ask if anything is unclear. I work in person and online, 8-921-919-85-59