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▪ The behaviour therapy considers changing faulty behaviour and thought
patterns to adaptive ones as the chief benefit of the treatment.
▪ The humanistic therapy values personal growth as the chief benefit.

6. What is the duration of treatment?
▪ The duration of classical psychoanalysis may continue for several years.
▪ Behaviour and cognitive behaviour therapies as well as existential therapies are
shorter and are completed in a few months.

STEPS INVOLVED

➢ The process of psychotherapy begins by formulating the client’s problem. Steps
involved in the formulation of a client’s problem are given below –
1. Understanding of the problem
2. Identification of the areas to be targeted for treatment in psychotherapy
3. Choice of techniques for treatment.