The Evolution of Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy has grown and evolved over the past 130 years. Building on decades of clinical experience, academic research, and an ever-growing evidence base, psychotherapy today is a modern, relevant, and highly effective treatment for people suffering from all sorts of emotional and psychological problems. While many mistakenly believe that CBT and similar approaches are more “evidence-based” than therapies of depth, insight, and relationship; this is just an artifact of the way CBTs are studied and promoted.  All mainstream therapy is supported by scientific evidence, and therapies have been around the longest, building on the origins of psychotherapy, which began with intensive efforts to understand in depth the uniqueness of each individual.