Counseling and Psychotherapy: Theory and Practice

The use of psychological methods to help a person change their behavior is known as psychotherapy. It is aimed at improving an individual’s mental health, resolve troublesome behaviors, and improve relationships and social skills. There are myriad schools of thought in psychotherapy, which are divided into branches such as humanistic, insight oriented, cognitive behavioral and systemic. Some of its focus areas are behavior modification, behavior therapy and cognitive therapy. One of the met...