Therapy Toronto Psychotherapy Definitions

CAOT

CAOT stands for the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists, a professional association for professionals involved occupational therapy.

CAPT

CAPT is the Canadian Association for Psychodynamic Therapy, an association of psychodynamic therapists advancing knowledge of the psychodynamic modality.

Care

The great philosopher Martin Heidegger claimed that the nature of human existence was care. He termed this the burden of care, for we are obliged to carry our load of life issues through our life, not least of which are the expectations of others and our significant concerns towards and for others. He introduced a special definition of care that took it out of the usual use of the term and is best seen contrastively through his distinctions of the German words for care, “Sorge’ and ‘Fursorge’.

Career Issues

Where you work and what you do affects the sense of self.

Career may add or detract from your self-knowledge and self-esteem.

CATA

CATA stands for the Canadian Art Therapy Association, a professional association for art therapy in Canada.

Catalysis

A process in which the presence of a specific situation, thing or person acts as an 'exciting element', initiating transformative change while not itself changing.

Catharsis

The purging or clearing removal of negative emotional experience, first formulated by Aristotle and reflective of Greek medical theory.

Freud and his early colleagues thought a catharsis would mark the culmination of a successful psychotherapy.

CBT

Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) is a practical, goal-oriented, interactive process for creating significant and lasting change in one’s life. This therapy has been developed upon the basic premise that the way individuals perceive situations or events influences how they feel emotionally.

CCA

The Canadian Counselling Association is a national association of professionally trained counsellors engaged in the helping professions.

Character

The ancient Greeks developed the idea of character as something that one is by nature and those influences what one does and who we are. Character was more or less a constant for them, and not amenable to change. The Christian change redeveloped the concept of character through its own early analysis of the virtues and vices of individuals.

Children and Teens

It’s very challenging to be a child or a teenager, despite the fact that society claims that these are the golden times of our lives.

Chronic Pain

Pain that lasts longer than expected, typically 3 months, after the tissue has healed is called chronic pain. Chronic pain is a general category and there are many diagnoses used to describe the different types and locations of chronic pain.

Client

This refers to the person seeking therapy. The word has some important implications.

Co-creation

A recent view about psychodynamic therapy is that what is created in the therapy is not simply the result of either party in the work (therapist & client) but is a co-creation in which each does a vital part.

Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a psychological approach to treating psychological disorders based on scientific principles. Clients and therapists work together to identify and understand problems in terms of the relationship between thoughts, feelings and behaviour.

Complex

An understanding of complexes is important part of the approach of C.G. Jung.

Compulsions

Obsessive thoughts may make some people feel nervous and afraid.

Compulsive or Emotional Eating

Compulsive or emotional eating is an eating disorder similar to bulimia except for regular purging.

Consultation

Our free consultations are about getting the right fit, because without the right fit it is harder to get good results.

The consultation is not a therapy session, but it is your opportunity to clarify your needs and goals and to find out if your chosen therapist is right for you.

It lasts about 30-45 minutes, face-to-face in person in the therapist's office setting.

Contemplative Psychotherapy

Contemplative psychotherapy is the blending of Western psychotherapy with Buddhist awareness practices.

COTO

COTO stands for membership in the government-regulated College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario

Counselling

Many people associate counseling with the guidance and advice provided by guidance counsellors in the elementary and secondary school system of education.

Such counselling has a large educational component because on ensuring that the client understands how to get on well in life. Its operating assumption is that many difficulties can be avoided by following the paths taken successfully by others.

Counter-transference

This term refers to the unconscious distortions in any therapy process that arise from the therapist’s as yet unworked psychic associations.

Couples

A couple refers to any two people in what is usually called a 'relationship'.

Not all couples are in a sexual relationship although this is frequently the case.

Creativity

Creativity is the silent partner in any good psychodynamic psychotherapy. The purpose of therapy is itself creative, toward growth and expansion.

Cultural Roles

All individuals grow up within certain cultural expectations that more or less prescribe their roles or 'place' in life.

CYW

CYW stands for ‘Child and Youth Worker, a credential for those who have undertaken professional training in the development and assistance of children and youth.