House of Therapy

Your definition of therapy is wrong.

If you think it’s “one thing”…it’s not. 

While some clinicians practice through a particular theoretical lens (𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵), many practitioners are “eclectic”. 

Eclectic means over time we gain more skills and study methodologies suited for particular presenting issues (𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦), therefore we are equipped to apply an approach that is appropriate to the issue (and the type of person) at hand. Often the presenting issue is not the same as the root issue(s) that emerge during the process.

Here is a chart of all (𝘰𝘬, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭) theoretical orientations that might be considered under the umbrella of psychotherapy.

𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗜 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗜.

Some of these approaches are evidence-based, some are more creative and relational. In this series, you'll see how AI is more likely to simulate mechanistic approaches; and when it tries to replicate relational approaches there's higher potential of model drift (𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵). But AI is progressing at lightning speed, so this may not always be the case. 

Ok, now which therapeutic orientations is this chart missing?