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OMG! WTH? What Do All These Therapy Acronyms Mean and What's Right for Me?

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OMG! WTH? What Do All These Therapy Acronyms Mean and What's Right for Me?

Apr 4, 2023

Ana Mootoosamy

Ana Mootoosamy

Apr 4, 2023

    • Finding a therapist can be complicated by some of the names - EMDR, CBT, ACT, DBT etc.
    • Psychotherapist Dr Ana Mootoosamy has a rough guide for simplifying the types of therapy
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As psychotherapists, we need to hold our hands up and admit that we need to be better at explaining what psychotherapy is to clients. You know what is going to happen at a hospital, GP or dentist appointment, but psychotherapy can be shrouded in a bit of mystery - and on top of this, there seem to be as many types of therapy as there are days in the year.

So let's jump right in and explore the different options - very very roughly, there are two different kinds of therapy that it is important to distinguish between:

  • Therapy that offers skills and techniques
  • Therapy that is developmental

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Ana Mootoosamy

Ana Mootoosamy is a psychotherapist in London

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