ABSTRACT
In counseling and therapy, each session is dynamic, and clients’ responses cannot be anticipated, similar to an exchange in a chess game. This challenge makes each session novel and transfixing. To be able to stay abreast of this challenge, a therapist trainee must be familiar with the major theoretical underpinnings of most important skills and techniques. Armed with the knowledge, therapist trainees are more likely to creatively blend various skills and techniques into their own creative responses, as in an art form. These major theoretical frameworks include:
Relational–cultural therapy
Interpersonal therapy
Dynamically oriented therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy
The experiential therapy
Strength-based therapy and self-efficacy
Solution-focused therapy and narrative therapy, and interpersonal neurology
