In this first episode of The Art of Therapy: Season 3, we begin with the origin story of psychotherapy and the question that grounds everything: why do we do what we do? We revisit the early foundations associated with Freud and Breuer, the cathartic method and the “talking cure”, and the movement from hypnosis towards free association.

From there, we map the broad arc of theory development—psychodynamic, behavioural, humanistic/existential, CBT, and systems thinking—showing how each orientation adds meaning, depth, and relief in its own way. Episode 1 sets up the season’s theme: integrative psychotherapy as a structured way of holding multiple lenses at once.

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