Techniques - Person-centered therapy

Therapists strive for listening, reflection of feelings, clarification, and being there for client

Techniques - Existential therapy

Stresses understanding first and technique second
Borrow techniques and incorporate them into existential framework
Address freedom and responsibility, isolation and relationships, meaning and meaningless, and living and dying

Techniques - Adlerian therapy

Pay attention to subjective experiences
Gathering life history data
Sharing interpretations
Offering encouragement
Assist in searching for new possibilities

Techniques - Psychoanalytic therapy

Interpretation
Dream analysis
Free association
Resistance and transference analysis
Help gain access to unconscious conflicts

Goals - Family systems therapy

Help family members become more aware of relationship patterns that are not working. Create new ways of interacting.

Goals - Postmodern approaches

Change the way problems are viewed and what can be done about them. Establish specific, concrete goals leading to change. Create a self-identity that can resolve present and future concerns. Assist clients in viewing themselves in positive ways.

Goals - Feminist therapy

Bring transformation in client and society. Assist clients in using personal power to free themselves from gender-role socialization. Confront all forms of institutional policies that discriminate or oppress.