homework, role playing, etc. The last mode is affective, which deals with feeling and emotions. The therapist may instill in his/her client feelings of anger, fear, hope, etc., in order to try to find the root of the problem. All therapies are a sum of these three modes, and the job of a psychotherapist is to convince the client to change his/her opinions, concepts, and behaviors through these methods.
             The mechanisms of therapy is that which makes it work and those important aspects necessary for helping people to change. There are cognitive factors which include universalization, insight, and modeling. Universalization helps the patient understand that he is not alone, that others have the same or similar problems. Insight helps him to understand himself and others and gain different prospectuses on his own behavior and motives. Modeling helps the patient to improve by watching others. There are affective factors which include acceptance, altruism, and transference. Acceptance helps the patient to feel better about oneself, to have a positive feeling about self. Altruism is the act of being able to accept love and care from the therapist and the ability to provide love and care to others. Transference is the emotional bond that exists between the patient and the therapist. Lastly, there are behavioral factors which include reality testing, ventilation and interaction. Reality testing refers to experimenting with new behaviors during treatment. Ventilation encourages the patient to blow off steam, cry, and display anger and frustration. Interaction assists the client in coming to terms with the fact that there is something wrong with the way they feel, thing and/or behave.
             Currently, there are over 400 different systems of psychotherapy. Some are well known and accepted forms of treatment while others are unorthodox and strange. Though there are many psychotherapists who feel that that their methods are t...