An evolving, informal guide on psychotherapies created from trainee experience by psychiatry trainees from across Europe for psychiatry trainees and other curious people.
by Ewa Debska, Karel Wildschut, and Theodoros Koutsomitros
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Published: Jul 07, 2019
Cognitive Analytic Therapy developed by Dr. Anthony Ryle, who proposed the integration of cognitive theory and psychodynamic tradition, mainly object relations theory, introduced by the concept of reciprocal roles
Dialectic Behaviour Therapy is widely used in treating Borderline Personality Disorder and particularly reducing self-harm associated with this disorder.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing was developed for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) caused by experiencing stressful events, such as violence or participation in hostilities.
Family therapists apply techniques from several areas and to do partnerships with other health professionals seeking the accumulated knowledge to adapt to many different contexts of the patients.
Dr Habib Davanloo initially worked as a psychoanalyst; recognising the limitations of the technique, he tried to create a psychotherapeutic method that would be more effective in a shorter time.
Psychoanalysis is the oldest form of psychological therapy. Dubbed 'the talking cure' it aims not only to alleviate the symptoms, but to address the root causes and achieve a shift in personality.
Schema Therapy provides a new system of psychotherapy that is especially well suited to patients with entrenched, chronic psychological disorders who have heretofore been considered difficult to treat.
SCM is not a psychological therapy per-se, however it is a useful and flexible intervention for patients with personality disorders. It is definitely therapeutically informed intervention, but at the core it is a problem solving approach.