Counseling Theories

This course surveys major counseling and psychotherapy theories, from Jungian, Adlerian, existential, and person-centered approaches to REBT, cognitive, behavioral, DBT, and solution-focused therapies. It also examines criticisms and compares REBT with cognitive therapy.

Syllabus

What is Analytic Psychology? (Jungian Therapy).
What is Reality Therapy? (Choice Theory).
What is Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)?.
What is Narrative Therapy?.
What are the Limitations and Criticisms of Person Centered Therapy?.
What are Existential Therapy and the Existential Crisis?.
What is Adlerian Therapy?.
What is Behavior Therapy?.
What is Gestalt Therapy?.
What is Motivational Interviewing?.
What is Psychoanalytic Theory (Psychoanalysis)?.
What is Cognitive Therapy? (Beckian Therapy).
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy vs. Cognitive Therapy? (REBT vs .CT).
What is Solution-Focused Therapy? (Solution-Focused Brief Therapy).
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)?.
Criticisms of Beckian Cognitive Therapy.
What is Schema Therapy?.