Why We Made This:
Many individuals find psychotherapy models overwhelming to study, especially when preparing for exams like the EPPP. Theories often blur together without clear comparisons or practical examples, making it hard to recall distinctions in real-life settings. We created this PDF to bring order and clarity to key therapeutic approaches across psychodynamic, humanistic, and brief therapy models. By organizing the content in a visual, easy-to-digest format, this resource helps learners better retain key figures, interventions, and goals across each theory.  
 
Learning Objectives:
Understand foundational psychodynamic theories, including Freud’s psychoanalysis, Jung’s analytical psychotherapy, and Adler’s individual psychology.
Describe the role of unconscious processes, archetypes, defense mechanisms, and early development across psychodynamic approaches
Learn the core principles of humanistic therapies, including person-centered, gestalt, and existential models.
Identify the goals, interventions, and maladaptive patterns addressed by each humanistic therapy.
Recognize the stages of change and clinical techniques used in brief therapies like the transtheoretical model, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused therapy.
Learn the structure, target concerns, and tools of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT).
Compare key features of each model, including client-therapist relationship style, theory of change, and intervention focus.