Attachment-based psychotherapy, usually a longer term therapy, looks at and explores interrelated emotional forms of attachment from birth and in early childhood.

Behavioural therapy is a talking therapy, usually shorter term, is based on the belief that your unwanted or unhealthy behaviours are a learned response to your past experiences.

Body psychotherapy, usually a longer term therapy, involve the emotional, mental, spiritual, and social/relational aspects of the person’s life and how they affect each other.

Brief therapy, as the name suggests is a short term therapy, using a variety of approaches to psychotherapy focusing on a specific problem and finding solutions to make positive changes.

Coaching, which can be shorter or long term, supports individuals, teams or groups in achieving greater self-awareness, improved self-management skills and increased self-efficacy.

CAT is a short to medium length therapy looking at your past experiences and relationships to understand why you think, feel and act as you do.

CBT is a short-term therapy aiming to help you change the way your think and what you do will with a goal of freeing you from unhelpful patterns of behaviour, focussing on current problems and practical solutions.

Cognitive therapy, usually a shorter term therapy, is based on the theory that your previous experiences can damage your perception of yourself, which can affect your attitudes, emotions and your ability to deal with certain situations.

Couples therapy can give you and your partner the time to explore what is and what isn’t working in your relationship, how to communicate better, resolve conflicts and face difficult feelings you may have towards each other.

Creative therapy includes a wide range of techniques which can help you find a way of expressing yourself beyond words or traditional talking therapies.

Dialectical behavioural therapy is a talking therapy, usually shorter term, that’s based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), but has been adapted to help people who experience emotions very intensely.

An eclectic counsellor may work in shorter or longer term ways and will use a range of different theories, methods and practices according to an individual client's needs.

Emotionally focused therapy is an approach for working with couples, families and individuals that helps to create and reinforce secure, resilient relationships.

Existential psychotherapy, a longer term therapy, explores the inner conflict and anxiety people may experience when confronted with life's ultimate concerns, such as the inevitability of death, freedom and its responsibilities.

EMDR, often a shorter term therapy, was developed to resolve symptoms resulting from disturbing and traumatic life experiences. It is a very specific technique requiring certified training and is particularly used in the treatment of PTSD.

Family therapy focusses of family relationships and is often practised in a family setting where there are conflicts, external factors, individual differences and communication difficulties causing a strain on relationships in the family unit.

Gestalt therapy draws on the belief that people have a natural tendency towards health, but old patterns of behaviour and fixed ideas can create blocks interrupting the natural cycle of wellness, therefore affecting communication with others.

Group analysis, a longer term therapy, is based on psychoanalytic principles and understanding with the exploration of interpersonal functioning in a social context.

Group psychotherapy, a longer term therapy, aims to help people who would like to improve their ability to cope with life’s difficulties and problems but in a group situation.

Humanistic therapy, which can be any length, is a holistic, empathetic and non-judgmental approach focussing on the individual as a whole, encouraging self-exploration by looking at your past, present and future.

Humanistic integrative psychotherapy, a longer therapy, draws on a wide range of psychotherapy traditions to encourage the development of the person and how they relate to others.

Hypno-psychotherapy, a longer or shorter therapy, draws on hypnosis to induce a deep state of heightened relaxation and altered awareness, during which the unconscious mind is highly receptive to new or alternative perspectives and ideas.

Integrative therapy, usually a medium to long term therapy, merges elements from many different therapies (e.g. psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive and behavioural) so sessions are tailored to the specific individual’s needs and concerns.

Also referred to as IPT therapy, interpersonal therapy is a structured, time-limited therapy (12 – 16 sessions) that typically works intensely on established interpersonal issues.

Jungian analysis, a long term therapy, works with the unconscious, as developed by Carl Jung.

Mindfulness-based therapies, often short-term, help you focus on your thoughts and feelings without becoming overwhelmed by them. Also used to help treat depression, stress, anxiety, chronic fatigue syndrome, eating disorders and addiction.

Neuro Linguistic Psychotherapy, a shorter therapy, draws on the premise that we construct our own model of reality (a personalised map of the world) based on our experiences and how we represent them internally.

Person-centred counselling often known as client centred or Rogerian therapy, a longer term therapy, is based on the view that everyone has the capacity and desire for personal growth and change, given the right conditions.

This approach looks at an individual's perception and experience of a situation or event rather than its external reality.

This therapy, usually a medium to long term therapy, believes that psychological problems are rooted in the unconscious mind.

Like psychoanalytic therapy, psychodynamic therapy, usually a medium to long term therapy, aims to bring the unconscious mind into the consciousness through the therapeutic relationship.

Psychosexual psychotherapists work with all aspects of sexuality and gender. The can be a shorter- or longer-term therapy.

Relational psychotherapy, a longer term therapy, is a broad way of understanding human motivation and the process of therapy.

Solution-focused brief therapy, a short term therapy, focuses on a particular issue and promotes positive change, rather than dwelling on the issue or past problems.

Systemic therapies, usually a longer term therapy, brings together therapies dealing with people in relationship to one another.

Transactional analysis (TA), usually a longer term therapy, is an integrative approach to psychotherapy incorporating aspects of humanistic, cognitive-behavioural and psychodynamic therapy.