integrative psychotherapy

psychotherapy that selects theoretical models or techniques from various therapeutic schools to suit the client’s particular problems. For example, psychodynamic psychotherapy and gestalt therapy may be combined through the practice of interpretation of material in the here and now. The Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI), founded in 1983, reflects the growing interest in, and the rapid development and use of, such combined therapeutic techniques. Also called psychotherapy integration. See also eclectic psychotherapy.

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secondary amenorrhea

see amenorrhea.