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Psychoanalysis is an approach to psychotherapy that was originally developed by the Austrian Sigmund Freud. Treatment involves the client, or “analysand” discussing fantasies, dreams and experiences in a manner known as “free association”, where the client is able to talk about anything that comes to mind. The therapist then analyses this information to determine the [...]

There are a number of listening and reflective skills that a counsellor must develop, in order to begin the therapeutic process with a client. A few of these micro-skills are discussed following.
Reflection of Feeling:
Reflection of Feeling involves the counsellor listening attentively and then repeating back to the client the feelings that have been expressed, either [...]

Those with issues of excessive anger and resulting outbursts often find it difficult to learn to deal with their anger and the behaviour that follows. The first thing to do is for the individual or client to realise that they have an issue with anger. Without this realisation, there can be no movement towards insights [...]

The video clips on this page is a good introduction to Carl Rogers, the psychotherapist who developed Client-Center Therapy (later called Person-Centered Therapy). Rogers helped to bring in the Humanistic movement in psychotherapy and counselling, which emphasises the ability of the individual to grow and develop psychologically.
In the first of these videos, Carl mentions the [...]

Approaches to Psychotherapy — Gestalt Therapy
This is a series of videos of a Gestalt therapy session, involving Frederick Perls, the therapist, and the client “Gloria”
Approaches to Psychotherapy — Frederick Perls and “Gloria” (1/3)

Approaches to Psychotherapy — Frederick Perls and “Gloria” (2/3)

Approaches to Psychotherapy — Frederick Perls and “Gloria” (3/3)

This counselling session with Gloria can be [...]