Compare Therapies
441 side-by-side comparisons of related therapeutic approaches — mechanism, evidence assessments, related condition topics, philosophical roots, and where the two actually disagree.
Comparisons are grouped by lineage. Two approaches from the same lineage usually differ in method while agreeing about what suffering is; two from different lineages often disagree about that first, which makes the comparison a different kind of question. Each hub below separates the two.
Comparing CBT, DBT, ACT, ERP and the rest of the behavioral and cognitive family.
Comparing EMDR, Prolonged Exposure, CPT, Brainspotting, Somatic Experiencing and the wider trauma field.
Comparing psychoanalysis, TFP, MBT, ISTDP, relational and object-relations approaches.
Comparing person-centered, gestalt, existential, EFT, focusing and meaning-centered approaches.
Comparing Somatic Experiencing, Sensorimotor, Hakomi, bioenergetics, polyvagal-informed and biofeedback approaches.
Comparing narrative, solution-focused, collaborative, feminist and relational-cultural approaches.
Comparing structural, strategic, Bowenian, EFT for couples, Gottman, IFS and related systemic approaches.
Comparing MDMA-assisted therapy, psilocybin-assisted therapy, KAP, ketamine-assisted EMDR and harm-reduction models.
Looking for a comparison across more than two approaches? The interactive comparison tool puts up to four modalities side by side across every field in the dataset.