psychotherapist

Psychotherapists assist and treat healthcare users with varying degrees of psychological, psychosocial, or psychosomatic behavioural disorders and pathogenic conditions by means of psychotherapeutic methods. They promote personal development and well-being and provide advice on improving relationships, capabilities, and problem-solving techniques. They use science-based psychotherapeutic methods such as behavioural therapy, existential analysis and logotherapy, psychoanalysis or systemic family therapy in order to guide the patients in their development and help them search for appropriate solutions to their problems. Psychotherapists are not required to have academic degrees in psychology or a medical qualification in psychiatry. It is an independent occupation from psychology, psychiatry, and counselling.

Alternative Labels

neuro-linguistic psychotherapist

psychotherapist

geriatric psychotherapist

psychotherapy practitioner

person-centred psychotherapist

humanistic psychotherapist

youth psychotherapist

systemic therapist

body psychotherapist

hypno-psychotherapist

group psychotherapist

existential psychotherapist

reality therapy psychotherapist

transactional analytic psychotherapist

cognitive behavioural therapist

specialist psychotherapist

person-centered psychotherapist

integrative psychotherapist

positive psychotherapist

transpersonal psychotherapist

gestalt psychotherapist

psychodynamic psychotherapist

psychoanalytical psychotherapist

multi-modal psychotherapist

child psychotherapist

psycoterapy expert

practitioner of psychotherapy

expert psychotherapist

expert in psychotherapy

psychodrama psychotherapist

Regulatory Aspect

To see if and how this occupation is regulated in EU Member States, EEA countries or Switzerland please consult the Regulated Professions Database of the Commission. Regulated Professions Database:

http://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/services/free-movement-professionals/qualifications-recognition_en

Skills & Competences

Essential Skills and Competences

conclude the psychotherapeutic relationship evaluate practice in psychotherapy provide a psychotherapeutic environment decide upon a psychotherapeutic approach maintain personal development in psychotherapy ensure safety of healthcare users promote psycho-social education record the outcome of psychotherapy promote mental health work with patterns of psychological behaviour conduct psychotherapy risk assessments keep up with current trends in psychotherapy counsel clients empathise with the healthcare user listen actively comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice respond to healthcare users' extreme emotions conceptualise healthcare user’s needs work in a multicultural environment in health care work on psychosomatic issues manage psychotherapeutic relationships provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health work with healthcare users under medication comply with legislation related to health care formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy discuss the end point of therapeutic intervention monitor therapeutic progress interact with healthcare users contribute to continuity of health care accept own accountability use psychotherapeutic interventions handle patient trauma support patients to understand their conditions manage personal professional development use techniques to increase patients' motivation adhere to organisational guidelines advise on healthcare users' informed consent manage healthcare users' data perform therapy sessions use clinical assessment techniques identify mental health issues use e-health and mobile health technologies develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship communicate in healthcare follow clinical guidelines apply context specific clinical competences respond to changing situations in health care encourage healthcare user's self-monitoring organise relapse prevention

Essential Knowledge

psychiatric disorders psycho-social forms of intervention psychology supervision of persons psychological theories theories of personality history of patient's psychotherapeutic problems disorders affecting self-awareness therapy in health care psychiatry historic development of psychotherapeutic schools conditions for the professional practice of psychotherapy psychopathology health care occupation-specific ethics psychosomatics personality development theories psychopharmacology psychological diagnostics scientific research methodology

Optional Skills and Competences

record healthcare users' billing information educate on the prevention of illness use foreign languages in patient care inform policy makers on health-related challenges work with healthcare users' social network collaborate to discuss treatment plans in psychotherapy deal with emergency care situations apply systemic design thinking employ cognitive behaviour treatment techniques diagnose mental disorders apply systemic therapy use foreign languages for health-related research provide health education apply caseload management work in multidisciplinary health teams apply organisational techniques work on the effects of abuse promote inclusion ensure proper appointment administration help healthcare users develop social perceptiveness apply hypno-psychotherapy apply psychoanalysis

Optional Knowledge

psychoanalysis paediatrics rehabilitation pedagogy psychomotor therapy geriatrics

Concept URI

Concept Uri

http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/af69484e-b43f-4685-b22d-f3418df45c4d

Status

released

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