Tuesday

Therapeutic Methods in Psychology

For your essay this week, address the following:

• Provide a general description of the various methods of therapy highlighted in Chapter 13, including:
  • Psychodynamic Therapies
  • Humanistic Therapies
  • Behavior Therapies
  • Cognitive Therapies
  • Group Therapies
  • Biological Therapies
• As part of this description, please be sure to include the various sub-categories of therapy included within each general therapeutic method (for example, under biological therapies, please include a description of drug therapy, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery);
• Additionally, describe what research has shown regarding the effectiveness of psychotherapy in general.

Your essay should be at least 500 words in length and should be presented in APA format, including a title page, in-text citations, a running header, page numbers, double spacing, and a reference page. Your assignment should use terms/references directly from the chapter, and all extra outside research must be properly cited.