Trend in counseling and psychotherapy

Eclecticism and Person-centered therapy is the preference of most therapist still.

Psychoanalysis to be declining in popularity, while cognitive-behavioral options represented one of the strongest theoretical emphases today.

Six major trends in psychotherapy (Charles J. Gelso, 2011)

1. the increasing integration of techniques and the therapeutic relationship;
2. increasing focus on theoretical integration;
3. increasing efforts at research-practice integration;
4. increases in more specific, integrative reviews;
5. integration of biological, neuroscience understandings; and
6. integration of diversity and cultural considerations into psychotherapy.

New trend in therapy

Incresed interest in Mindfulness based therapy, Positive psychology/wellness therapy and on line counseling.

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https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1983-06579-001

https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ266576

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/82a6/14cbc32d75b5067081c4b6313f30964ee3ec.pdf

https://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/40299_1.pdf