Overview of the EPG Project.

Art therapy is the main representative of a broader group of creative and expressive therapies.

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

EFPT Psychotherapy Guidebook chapter on Client-Centred Psychotherapy

EFPT Psychotherapy Guidebook chapter on Cognitive Remediation Therapy

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.

More than a school of psychotherapy, hypnosis can be described as a technique; it is used in wide spectrum of therapeutic approaches.

EFPT Psychotherapy Guidebook chapter on Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy

EFPT Psychotherapy Guidebook chapter on Institutional Therapy

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.

Mentalization Based Treatment is a new evidence based psychodynamically oriented therapy.

EFPT Psychotherapy Guidebook chapter on Mindfulness

EFPT Psychotherapy Guidebook chapter on Psychoeducation

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.

EFPT Psychotherapy Guidebook chapter on Supportive Psychotherapy

Center of Excellence for autism and neurodevelopmental disorders - Tours (EXAC-T)

Acknowledgments to Marcela Alice Bianco and João Carlos Vaz Furtado for sharing their personal experience with Sandplay Therapy.

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.

CBT-I is an easy to learn psychotherapy that is the first line of treatment for chronic insomnia disorder.

This chapter was revised by Círia Pereira, currently head of the Eating Disorders Consultation of Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental