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The Strategic Family Therapist takes responsibility for developing  strategies to intervene in a family of person's life struggles to create  a positive outcome. The Strategic Family Therapist believes in some  common goals:

1. To promote the deliberate control of one's own behavior.
2. To  control one's mind so that negative thoughts can be replaced by  positive thoughts so that people do not waste time with unproductive  thinking.
3. For individuals to control violence and anger: to instead bring out the best in themselves.
4. To  encourage and increase the ability to be empathetic towards others as  part of being well adjusted and having an emotionally satisfying life.
5. To encourage hope about their own lives
6. To support, encourage forgiveness and kindness and to forgive one's self for our own mistakes.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy stresses the role of thinking in how we  feel and what we do. It is based on the belief that thoughts, rather  than people or events, cause our negative feelings. The therapist  assists the client in identifying, testing the reality of, and  correcting dysfunctional beliefs underlying his or her thinking. The  therapist then helps the client modify those thoughts and the behaviors  that flow from them. CBT is a structured collaboration between therapist  and client and often calls for homework assignments. CBT has been  clinically proven to help clients in a relatively short amount of time  with a wide range of disorders, including depression and anxiety.

A couples and/or marital Therapist interacts with the couple to bring  back positive aspects of their relationship, to heal past or current  emotional pain or harm, and to change sequential interactional patterns.  Flexibility is a necessary component of therapy. Couples Therapy works  to expand their view, jolt couples out of ruts and return some fun,  laughter and enjoyment to their relationship.

Unique and/or repetitive problems require a combination of proven  treatment procedures and innovative techniques to increase the  successful outcomes. Change occurs by entering into counseling. It is  the Therapist's job to help formulate counseling goals and options to  meet the emotional needs of the client. People typically bring their  solutions inside themselves though usually outside of their awareness.  Therefore a flexible therapist is necessary to enhance success.

For clients with chronic pain, hypertension, heart disease, cancer, and  other health issues such as anxiety and depression, mindfulness-based  cognitive therapy, or MBCT, is a two-part therapy that aims to reduce  stress, manage pain, and embrace the freedom to respond to situations by  choice. MCBT blends two disciplines--cognitive therapy and mindfulness.  Mindfulness helps by reflecting on moments and thoughts without passing  judgment. MBCT clients pay close attention to their feelings to reach  an objective mindset, thus viewing and combating life's unpleasant  occurrences.

IPT is a short-term psychotherapy in which therapist and client identify  the issues and problems of interpersonal relationships. They also  explore the client's life history to help recognize problem areas and  then work toward ways to rectify them. 

There are specific Interpersonal therapies, such as Imago therapy, which focus on intimate relationships. 

Interpersonal  therapy is not to be confused with transpersonal psychology, which is  the study of states in which people experience a deeper sense of who  they are, or a sense of greater connectedness with others, nature or  spirituality.

Hypnotherapy focuses on hypnosis, the Greek term for sleep. The practice  uses exercises that relax people, bringing them to an altered state of  consciousness. This process focuses on mastering self-awareness. Through  trance-like analysis, hypnosis decreases blood pressure and heart rate,  putting one's physical body at ease. Working with memories,  hypnotherapy helps a person to reframe, relax, absorb, dissociate,  respond, and reflect. The process reconstructs healthier associations  with a person's past events. Dealing with a wide range of conditions,  such as anxiety and depression, people become responsive to new  solutions that can lead to personal development through hypnotherapy.

Solution-focused therapy, sometimes called "brief therapy," focuses on  what clients would like to achieve through therapy rather than on their  troubles or mental health issues. The therapist will help the client  envision a desirable future, and then map out the small and large  changes necessary for the client to undergo to realize their vision. The  therapist will seize on any successes the client experiences, to  encourage them to build on their strengths rather than dwell on their  problems or limitations.