--- title: Therapy & Counseling description: This topic introduces the major modalities, theories, and practices of psychological therapy and counseling. Learners will understand how different therapeutic frameworks address mental health conditions, support personal growth, and facilitate behavioral change. category: health-medicine subcategory: health-and-wellness difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced url: /subject/therapy-and-counseling --- # Therapy & Counseling This topic introduces the major modalities, theories, and practices of psychological therapy and counseling. Learners will understand how different therapeutic frameworks address mental health conditions, support personal growth, and facilitate behavioral change. ## Available Resources 3 Books • 4 Courses • 4 Websites ## Websites ### 1. Psychology Today Therapist Finder A searchable directory of licensed therapists, psychiatrists and treatment centres, filterable by location, insurance, speciality and modality. Each profile states credentials, approach and fees, so it works as a practical starting point for vetting a clinician. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists **Tags:** therapist-directory, mental-health, finding-a-therapist, clinical-psychology ### 2. Open Path Collective A nonprofit network connecting people without adequate insurance to vetted therapists offering sessions at reduced flat rates. Explains eligibility, the one-time membership fee and how the reduced-rate sessions work, making low-cost counselling easier to arrange. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://openpathcollective.org **Tags:** affordable-therapy, therapist-directory, sliding-scale, mental-health ### 3. 7 Cups An online platform pairing users with trained volunteer listeners for free anonymous text chat, alongside paid plans with licensed therapists and self-help material. Shows what peer emotional support can and cannot offer compared with clinical treatment. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.7cups.com **Tags:** peer-support, online-therapy, mental-health, emotional-support ### 4. psychologytoday.com Psychology Today is a comprehensive mental health site offering evidence-based articles on relationships, marriage, and dating, written by psychology professionals. It also hosts expert blogs and a directory of therapists for finding support. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://psychologytoday.com **Tags:** websites, personal-development, family-relationship ## Courses ### 1. Introduction to Psychology What are people most afraid of? What do our dreams mean? Are we natural-born racists? What makes us happy? What are the causes and cures of mental illness? This course tries to answer these questions and many others, providing a comprehensive overview of the scientific study of thought and behavior. It explores topics such as perception, communication, learning, memory, decision-making, persuasion, emotions, and social behavior. We will look at how these aspects of the mind develop in children, how they differ across people, how they are wired-up in the brain, and how they break down due to illness and injury. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.coursera.org/learn/introduction-psychology **Tags:** psychology, cognitive-science, mental-illness, social-behavior, intro-course ### 2. Positive Psychiatry and Mental Health **Author:** Sonia Kumar University of Sydney course on Coursera presenting positive psychiatry, which pairs treating mental illness with building strengths and wellbeing. It surveys major mental disorders, their causes and treatments, medication and psychotherapy, and evidence-based self-help strategies such as exercise, relaxation and social connection. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.coursera.org/learn/positive-psychiatry **Tags:** positive-psychiatry, mental-health, mental-disorders, wellbeing, psychotherapy ### 3. The Science of Well-Being **Author:** Laurie Santos Yale course taught by Laurie Santos on the psychology of happiness, covering common misconceptions about what makes people happy, cognitive biases behind them, and evidence-based practices such as gratitude, savoring and exercise. Learners complete weekly rewirement exercises and build one sustained wellness habit. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being **Tags:** positive-psychology, happiness, well-being, habit-formation, behavior-change ### 4. Psychological First Aid **Author:** George S. Everly, Jr. Johns Hopkins course on psychological first aid built around the RAPID model: reflective listening, assessment of needs, prioritization, intervention and disposition. Learners can triage acute crisis reactions, reduce immediate distress, recognize when to refer for further mental health care, and practice self-care. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://www.coursera.org/learn/psychological-first-aid **Tags:** psychological-first-aid, crisis-intervention, trauma, disaster-mental-health, resilience ## Podcasts ### 1. Therapist Uncensored **Author:** Sue Marriott, Ann Kelley Independent podcast in which clinicians Sue Marriott and Ann Kelley interview researchers and therapists about attachment theory, interpersonal neurobiology, emotional regulation and relationship patterns. Listeners gain a research-informed understanding of how early attachment shapes adult relationships and how therapy works to change them. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://therapistuncensored.com/episodes/ **Tags:** attachment-theory, psychotherapy, interpersonal-neurobiology, relationships, mental-health ### 2. Where Should We Begin? **Author:** Esther Perel Global Media Every Monday morning step into the office of iconic psychotherapist Esther Perel and listen in as real people in search of insight bare the raw, intimate, and profound details of their stories. From breakups and open relationships to workplace conflicts and fractures in the family, it’s a place to hear our own stories reflected in the lives of others. So…where should we begin? Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. **Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en | **Price:** Free **Link:** https://estherperel.com/podcast **Tags:** couples-therapy, relationships, psychotherapy, case-sessions ## Books ### 1. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone **Author:** Lori Gottlieb Therapist Lori Gottlieb alternates between four of her patients and her own sessions as a client, showing how therapy actually unfolds week to week. Gives readers a realistic picture of what the process demands and delivers. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1328662055?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, health-medicine, health-and-wellness ### 2. The Gift of Therapy **Author:** Irvin D. Yalom Short lessons for beginning therapists drawn from Irvin Yalom's decades of existential and group practice, covering the here-and-now, self-disclosure, and common errors to avoid. Clarifies what actually makes the therapeutic relationship do its work. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0749923733?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, health-medicine, health-and-wellness ### 3. Man’s Search for Meaning **Author:** Viktor E. Frankl Frankl recounts surviving Nazi concentration camps and derives from it logotherapy, his school of psychiatry built on the search for meaning. Readers gain a framework for understanding how purpose sustains people through unavoidable suffering. **Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid **Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0807014273?tag=edmonddante07-20 **Tags:** books, health-medicine, health-and-wellness --- *This content is part of Dantes.io - Your Treasure Map to Knowledge* *Curated by humans at Dantes.io. Personal study use welcome; republishing this curation requires permission (team@dantes.io).* View this page online: https://dantes.io/subject/therapy-and-counseling