Foundations of Major Psychotherapy Schools: Theory, Relationship and Technique

A psychology literacy course taught by June for psychology practitioners, healing practitioners, ASA volunteers and paid members, introducing major psychotherapy approaches including psychodynamic, humanistic, CBT, family systems, mindfulness, solution-focused, hypnosis and art-based work.

Lessons

Duration

18h

Mode

Online

Course overview

This psychology foundations course is taught by June for psychology practitioners, healing practitioners, ASA volunteers and paid members who want a clear professional map of major psychotherapy schools. The course follows four guiding questions: how to understand people, how to understand problems, how to understand therapeutic relationships and how to use techniques within ethical boundaries. Learners are introduced to psychodynamic, humanistic, CBT, family systems, mindfulness, solution-focused, hypnosis and art-based approaches so they can build a responsible and well-structured foundation for practice, education and community support.

Who this is for

For psychology and psychoeducation practitioners, healing and mind-body growth practitioners, ASA volunteers, paid association members, and learners who want to understand major psychotherapy approaches and communicate more professionally.

What you will learn

• Explain the history and core assumptions of major psychotherapy schools
• Compare psychodynamic, humanistic, CBT, family systems and integrative approaches
• Recognize the indications, limits and ethical risks of common therapeutic techniques
• Develop a basic multi-school case formulation and referral plan

Course tags

Psychology Foundations

Counselling

CBT

Psychoanalysis

Humanistic Therapy

Family Therapy

Course structure

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1Psychoanalysis: unconscious processes, personality structure and development 2Psychodynamic practice: setting, assessment, transference and resistance 3Humanistic therapy: phenomenology, client-centered stance and therapeutic relationship 4Humanistic practice: therapist qualities, training and personal growth 5CBT foundations: cognitive model, automatic thoughts and core beliefs 6CBT assessment and techniques: desensitization, exposure, behavioral experiments and session structure 7Other classical approaches: family therapy, Morita, Naikan and Transactional Analysis 8Integrative and contemporary techniques: SFBT, mindfulness, hypnosis and art therapy 9Comparing schools: choosing, integrating and maintaining professional boundaries