This article attempts to introduce the basic ideas and tenants of psychotherapy. It starts by introducing the idea of the psychotherapist, their training and the profession. It then goes on to introduce the psychotherapeutic relationship and some of its ideas. It ends by introducing some of the most common psychotherapy theories.
The Psychotherapist:
A psychotherapist is someone who provides psychotherapy to clients on a professional basis. This may be to individuals, couples, families or in a group setting. A psychotherapist may have other trainings or backgrounds. For example they may also be a doctor, social worker, mental health worker, nurse or counsellor. However when seeing a client for psychotherapy they will only have that role with the client and not be providing them with any other service.
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