Psychotherapy is effective, with 75% of untreated individuals benefiting, and no significant difference in effectiveness between behavioral therapies and nonbehavioral therapies.

Meta-analysis of psychotherapy outcome studies.

Innovative approaches in counseling psychology research can deepen our understanding of therapeutic change, potentially aiding therapists and patients in reducing suffering and increasing thriving.

Innovative approaches to exploring processes of change in counseling psychology: Insights and principles for future research.

Psychotherapy, counseling, and coaching share common ingredients like working alliance, positive expectations, and promoting well-being, but their distinctions are less clear in current practice.

Psychotherapy, Counseling, and Coaching

Preface. Introduction. Classical Psychoanalysis. Self Psychology. Adlerian Counseling/Individual Psychology. Existential Counseling. Person-centered Counseling. Gestalt Counseling. Behavioral Counseling. Cognitive Counseling. Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy. Reality Therapy and Choice Theory. Constructivist Approaches. Systems Approaches. Integral Counseling. Author Index. Subject Index.

Theoretical Models of Counseling and Psychotherapy

Emerging counseling approaches, narrative therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy, offer well-defined theoretical structures and research support, and are of significant interest to the wider practice community.

Emerging Approaches to Counseling Intervention

Siang-Yang Tan's book provides a comprehensive review of counseling and psychotherapy theories from a Christian perspective, highlighting the importance of integrating faith and science in the practice of counseling and psychotherapy.

Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Christian Perspective

Understanding Therapy explores various forms of psychotherapy, highlighting their history, tenets, advantages, and shortcomings, and compares how they address real-world mental health concerns.

Understanding Therapy

Positive psychological interventions, such as Strengths-Based Counseling, can enhance therapy outcomes by promoting clients' strengths and competencies in facing challenges.

Positive Psychological Interventions

An integrated positive psychology approach in counseling integrates counseling theories and positive psychology, enhancing clients' therapeutic relationship and promoting their personal growth and well-being.

Counseling Psychology: An Integrated Positive Psychological Approach

CBT and STPP are effective treatments for adolescent depression, with shared and unique techniques used across both therapies and brief psychosocial interventions.

Therapists’ Techniques in the Treatment of Adolescent Depression

This paper highlights the importance of maintaining mental health in crisis situations and highlighting the importance of using a neuropsycho-corrective approach in counseling.

Psychological Counseling of Clients in Crisis Situations

CBT-based psychological counseling effectively reduces depression and anxiety levels in individuals, with experimental group size being a significant predictor.

The effect of psychological counseling carried out according to the cognitive behavioral approach on depression and anxiety: A meta-analysis

Existential-Phenomenological Therapy (EPT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) are effective psychological treatment interventions for NHS patients in a U.K. secondary care setting.

An Exploration Into Effectiveness of Existential–Phenomenological Therapy as a U.K. NHS Psychological Treatment Intervention

Positive psychological counseling focuses on developmental and preventive objectives, promoting personal growth, well-being, and overcoming normative difficulties.

Positive psychological counseling: Theoretical bases and methodological foundations

Phenomenological research methods in counseling psychology offer unique insights into human experience and behavior, offering benefits over other qualitative methods.

Phenomenological research methods for counseling psychology

This study investigates client-counsellor interactions in psychological counseling to better understand the effectiveness of counseling and identify factors stimulating changes in clients.

Psychological Counseling Processes of Prospective Psychological Counsellors: An Investigation of Client- Counsellor Interactions

The therapeutic relationship is crucial in psychological counseling, with its importance varying across different theoretical orientations and components like working alliance, transference, and real relationship.

Conception of the Therapeutic Relationship and its Place in Psychological Counseling

This book explores five integrative approaches for Christian psychologists to effectively integrate psychology and faith in counseling settings, examining their effectiveness in a hypothetical case study.

Counseling and Christianity: Five Approaches

This chapter explores the differences and similarities between psychotherapy, counseling, and career counseling, examining their history, epistemology, and professional practices.

Psychotherapy, counseling, and career counseling

Counseling psychology faculty's involvement in clinical practice is influenced by factors such as department support, teaching obligations, and personal experiences.

Counseling psychology faculty’s involvement in practice: A mixed methods study

What are the different approaches to psychological therapy and counseling?

These studies suggest that psychological therapy and counseling approaches include classical psychoanalysis, cognitive and behavioral therapies, positive psychological interventions, narrative therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and integrative approaches combining faith and science.