ABSTRACT
Psychological therapy has been defined as ‘an interpersonal process designed to bring about modifications of feelings, cognitions, attitudes and behavior which have proved troublesome to the person who is seeking help from a trained professional’.1 The psychological therapies are a very diverse set of activities, now including at least seven major classes of approach: (i) psychodynamic psychotherapy, (ii) behavioural and cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), (iii) interpersonal psychotherapy, (iv) strategic or systemic psychotherapies, (v) supportive and experiential therapies, (vi) group therapies and (vii) counselling. Each approach provides a model of human behaviour and heuristic foci for interventions.
