A common language for psychotherapy

The Common Language for Psychotherapy project (CLP) is creating a database of descriptions of psychotherapeutic techniques. Written by experts in each field, therapists operationally describe what they do with a client. The summaries are very brief, but extremely high quality.

"They show overlaps and differences across procedures used in varying approaches. Clp entries are practical descriptions of therapists’ procedures - WHAT they do, not why they do it - though procedure and theory can be hard to unravel. Each entry briefly describes one of a broad range of psychotherapy procedures in plain language, and includes a short Case Illustration."

As an example, here's part of a case description of cognitive restructuring in PTSD:

"A man of 26 with PTSD for 2 years after being assaulted, injured and scarred was asked to keep daily diaries of thoughts to record negative thoughts and beliefs. They related to fear of being re-assaulted. When asked, he rated his belief in the probability of being re-assaulted as 80% (monitoring). This belief was challenged by probabilistic reasoning - he was asked to calculate how often he'd been out with friends in the years before the assault and to estimate the probability of a future assault. The self-rated difference between his initially perceived (80%) and the probable (now rated as 10%) risk led him to identify his thinking error of over-estimation of danger. He reframed his belief as the alternative `My chances of being attacked are no more than other people’s’, and rated his reframed belief in it as 90%. Soon after this he began to go out with friends and then alone."

Link to the list of techniques described by the Common Language for Psychotherapy project