The flow diagram is as follows, major approaches to therapy branches to individual and group. Text accompanying individual reads, involves a one-on-one relationship with a therapist. Text accompanying group reads, involves one or more therapists working with multiple people.
Individual delivery leads to biomedical approach and psychological approach. Text accompanying biomedical approach reads, using drugs or other medical interventions, focuses on the biological basis of a disorder. Text accompanying psychological approach reads, focuses on psychological factors. Biomedical approach leads to psychopharmacology, electroconvulsive therapy, and neurosurgery. Text accompanying psychopharmacology reads, uses medicine to alter perceptions, moods, and behaviors. Text accompanying electroconvulsive therapy reads, induces seizures in the brain. Text accompanying neurosurgery reads, destroys some portion of the brain or connections between different areas of the brain.
Psychological approach leads to behavior therapies and insight therapies. Text accompanying behavior therapies reads, focus on behavioral change. Text accompanying insight therapies reads, focus increasing awareness of self and environment. Behavior therapies lead to behavior therapy and its accompanying text reads, using principles of learning, seeks to replace maladaptive behaviors. Insight therapies lead to psychoanalysis, psychodynamic, humanistic, and cognitive. Text accompanying psychoanalysis reads, seeks to increase awareness of unconscious conflicts. Text accompanying psychodynamic reads, new approach to psychoanalysis. Text accompanying humanistic reads, emphasizes positive nature. Text accompanying cognitive reads, seeks to change maladaptive thoughts.
Group delivery leads to psychological approach and its accompanying text reads, focuses on psychological factors. Psychological approach leads to insight therapies. Text accompanying insight therapies reads, focus on increasing awareness of self and environment. Insight therapies lead to family and group. Text accompanying family reads, focuses on the family as an integrated system. Text accompanying group reads, preferred approach for interpersonal issues.
Individual and group are labeled manner of delivery.
Biomedical and psychological are labeled treatment approach.
Behavior therapies and insight therapies are labeled theoretical perspective.
Psychopharmacology, electroconvulsive therapy, neurosurgery, behavior therapy, psychoanalysis, psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive, family, and group are labeled major forms of therapy.