Psychotherapy is collaborative process between two people, both of whom will change and grow from the therapeutic relationship.

The therapeutic context is based upon conditions of unconditional positive regard and empathy. In training, therapists develop expertise and skill in facilitating healing through a process of genuine dialogue with their clients. The key factor to creating positive transformation in the client is the quality of person that the therapist is.

Human qualities such as compassion, caring, good faith, honesty, presence, realness, and sensitivity are extremely fundamental to developing a therapeutic relationship with your client.

There are various types of therapeutic approaches that can be applied to individual, family and group therapy.

• Individual therapy occurs on a one-to-one basis where the therapist guides the clients towards his/her own solutions.

• Family therapy entails working with the family system where dysfunctional patterns are identified and addressed.

• Group therapy occurs in a context where a certain number of clients get together to address certain topics of interest or concern. In a support groups, for example, people with the same problem find ways to cope with and defeat the problem. For example, people with cancer form support groups to help each other cope.