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Therapeutic Writing - The use of writing as a tool for emotional processing, healing, and psychological well-being.
Behavioral Activation - A therapeutic approach focusing on engaging in meaningful activities to improve mood and break depression cycles.
Expressive Writing - James Pennebaker's therapeutic writing method involving sustained writing about deeply personal emotional experiences to improve health and well-being.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) - A psychological treatment that helps change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors.
Somatic Experiencing - Body-oriented therapeutic approach for resolving trauma by releasing stored physical tension and completing defensive responses.
Transference - The unconscious redirection of feelings and expectations from past relationships onto people in the present, especially in therapeutic settings.
Cognitive Triangle - A CBT model illustrating how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are interconnected and influence each other.
Bibliotherapy - The therapeutic use of reading, especially fiction and poetry, to support mental health, personal growth, and emotional well-being.
Countertransference - The emotional reactions that arise in a therapist or helper in response to a client, shaped by the helper's own unconscious patterns and history.
Psychoanalysis - A therapeutic approach and theory of mind founded by Sigmund Freud that explores unconscious processes, early experiences, and internal conflicts to understand and treat psychological distress.
Gestalt Therapy - A humanistic psychotherapy approach focused on present-moment awareness, personal responsibility, and the integration of fragmented aspects of the self.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - A form of psychotherapy that uses acceptance, mindfulness, and values-based action to increase psychological flexibility and reduce suffering.

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