DR MAX PEMBERTON: My ultimate guide to choosing a therapist next year - here's how to pick one who'll work with your unique personality type... Over Christmas, three professions will have been rubbing their hands in anticipation of what the New Year always brings.
People don't always realise that the term 'therapy' is incredibly broad, covering lots of types of treatment with a variety of approaches.
Therapy is often used interchangeably with 'psychotherapy' – a type of talking therapy that uses key psychological principles to help a patient.
When I ask them why they feel like this, they say it's because they've already had therapy and it hasn't worked – yet closer questioning reveals that's because they haven't had the right therapy.
The problem is, when a patient with depression Googles 'therapy' and unwittingly ends up having counselling, they won't be getting an actual treatment for their condition, such as CBT (I'll explain what this is later on).
