Our Therapy Styles
Below are the core therapy approaches you’ll find in PsycAI. Each style has a different ‘engine’ under the hood, and you can mix what fits.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT focuses on the loop between **thoughts, feelings, and behaviors**. It helps you spot unhelpful thinking patterns and test them against real evidence.
What it looks like:**
• Thought records and cognitive reframes
• Behavioral activation and small experiments
• Skills for anxiety, depression, and insomnia
How AI helps:** Step-by-step prompts for thought logs, gentle challenges to distortions, and micro-goals you can try today.
Humanistic (Person-Centered)
Humanistic therapy emphasizes **empathy, unconditional positive regard, and authenticity**. You’re viewed as a whole person with inner resources.
What it looks like:**
• Warm, non-judgmental reflection
• Clarifying values and personal growth
• Focusing on strengths and agency
How AI helps:** Consistent reflective listening, values exercises, and mood journaling that honors your pace and voice.
Psychodynamic
Psychodynamic work explores **underlying patterns**, early experiences, and defenses that shape current relationships and emotions.
What it looks like:**
• Spotting recurring themes and triggers
• Linking past and present reactions
• Increasing insight and emotional freedom
How AI helps:** Gentle pattern-finding questions, timelines of key events, and prompts that connect today’s feelings to earlier experiences.
Schema Therapy ("Schematic")
Schema Therapy identifies **deep, persistent life themes** (schemas) and the coping modes we switch into under stress.
What it looks like:**
• Naming schemas (e.g., abandonment, failure, perfectionism)
• Mode work (Vulnerable Child, Healthy Adult, etc.)
• Re-parenting exercises and limit-setting
How AI helps:** Quick schema screeners, mode check-ins during tough moments, and rehearsals for Healthy Adult responses.
Choosing Your Blend
Most people use a **hybrid**: CBT for day-to-day tools, Humanistic for support and clarity, Psychodynamic for insight, and Schema work for deep patterns. PsycAI adapts to your goals and can sync with your clinician’s plan if you’re in care.