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Therapy

Status
Personal

There are five types of therapy

Psychodynamic
Behavioral
Cognitive
Humanistic
Holistic

Like every industry (and religion) there are strong proponents of each of the Big Five systems here. It is REALLY hard to tell what system is real, or good, or even if the practitioner know what they’re doing. Some types of therapy, like CBT, are well suited to treat symptoms because they are heavily focused on tactics. On other hand, some types of therapy are focused on treating the root cause, like IFS. Then there are systems like Dialectical Behavior Therapy, which sample a little bit of everything (cognitive, buddhism, mindfulness).