Integrative psychotherapy is a form of therapy that attempts to integrate various types and schools of psychotherapy. The basic premise of integrative psychotherapy is that no one school or type of psychotherapy provides all the answers. Instead, it takes a “team” approach to healing, in which one therapist may draw on different schools of therapy, depending on the problem being addressed. In integrative therapies, explanations and styles may vary from therapist to therapist, depending on their theoretical orientation.
Integrative therapists find the common ground between differing treatment approaches and attempt to build upon it. This approach encourages a broader range of treatment options, as well as increased collaboration among professionals. Today, proponents of integrative psychotherapy maintain that clients are more likely to receive lasting benefits if they try different approaches within a single therapeutic relationship.
Integrative therapy has also become associated with an orientation that attempts to meet diverse needs. Therapists intent on providing integrative services attempt to understand and value the worldviews of all their clients and incorporate this knowledge into their work with individual clients.
Integrative psychotherapy may utilise a combination of techniques from different orientations. Integrative therapists may focus on interpersonal, cognitive or humanistic therapies.
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