美國心理治療新趨勢

New Trends of Psychotherapy in the United States

本文回顧美國心理治療的新趨向和觀點，若干心理治療模式（包含行為治療、認知－行為治療、深度心理治療、砂遊治療等之特徵與優劣點，並特別著重介紹最新的砂遊治療之應用）。

In this article, new trends and viewpoints concerning psychotherapy in the United States were shared. Individuals who seek psychotherapy are viewed as mentally healthier than those who have problems and do not seek therapy. For those who attempt to seek psychotherapy, it is of utmost importance that they find a competent therapist. In the United States, psychotherapists are required to be licensed in their own particular field. A complaint may be filed if clients feel they have been mistreated by their therapist. I also briefly introduced several modes of psychotherapy. They include: behavioral therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, depth psychotherapy, and sandplay therapy. Sandplay therapy is a very new, creative, non-verbal therapy recently founded by Dora Kalff, a Swiss psychotherapist. Through the provision of a free and protected space--provided by the therapist--clients are able to create their own world in the sandtrays and eventually heal themselves.