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psychotherapist

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Code

2634.2.4

Description

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

body psychotherapist

child psychotherapist

cognitive behavioural therapist

existential psychotherapist

expert in psychotherapy

expert psychotherapist

geriatric psychotherapist

gestalt psychotherapist

group psychotherapist

humanistic psychotherapist

hypno-psychotherapist

integrative psychotherapist

multi-modal psychotherapist

neuro-linguistic psychotherapist

person-centered psychotherapist

person-centred psychotherapist

positive psychotherapist

practitioner of psychotherapy

psychoanalytical psychotherapist

psychodrama psychotherapist

psychodynamic psychotherapist

psychotherapist

psychotherapy practitioner

psycoterapy expert

reality therapy psychotherapist

specialist psychotherapist

systemic therapist

transactional analytic psychotherapist

transpersonal psychotherapist

youth 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:

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