Individual psychotherapy is the treatment of emotional and personality problems or disorders by using psychological means.

There is no set type of therapy used in individual therapy. Instead, the type of therapy used will be tailored your needs and symptoms. There are five main categories of individual psychotherapy approaches:

1. Psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy
2. Cognitive therapy
3. Behavior therapy
4. Humanistic therapy (i.e., client-centered/person-centered therapy, existential therapy, Gestalt therapy)
5. Integrative or holistic therapy

Therapy session Duration: 1 – 2 Hours

Clinical Phycologist: Vuyolwethu Tuluma