Category: Approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a therapeutic approach in the history of cognitive behavioral therapy that uses mindfulness approaches to improve mental status. This approach is based on the principle that human suffering arises from unfounded attempts to control or avoid negative experiences. The acceptance and commitment approach suggests that fully accepting these negative…

The emotion-centered approach is based on the assumption that our personal identity is deeply connected with our emotions, and it presents emotions as the core of therapy, and also says that our emotions influence our behaviors, and by changing the experience of emotions, Our behaviors also change. One of the unique features of emotion-focused therapy…

Gestalt literally means shape, form, or whole. In Gestalt therapy, the belief is that the whole is always greater than the sum of its parts. In other words, while each part has its own specific characteristics, the whole carries a meaning beyond the individual components and can give meaning to those parts.Gestalt Therapy is a…

Humanistic psychologists believe that behaviorists pay too much attention to the analysis and scientific investigation of people’s actions as organisms (ignoring the basic aspects of people as emotional and thinking people) and a lot of effort is spent in laboratory research. and reduces human behavior to its elements.Humanists do not agree with psychoanalysis about the…

Unlike other therapies, psychoanalysis is not a question-and-answer process, but the first priority of psychoanalysis is for the client to speak and the psychoanalyst to listen carefully to his words so that the client does not even feel the therapist’s presence and can think out loud without self-censorship. slow down and reveal your inner feelings…

Existential Psychotherapy is a therapeutic approach that is optimistic about human nature and, while reminding individuals of their limitations, also values their strengths, talents, and unique abilities. Existential psychotherapy is a subfield of humanistic psychology and shares many similarities with humanistic psychology, experiential therapy, analytic therapy, and relational therapy. Existential therapy is inspired by the…