Practice is unique, even when the method is clear

A client comes in who needs to talk about something. What is the psychologist's job? On the one hand, it can be to find concrete, actionable solutions to a personal problem. This is what cognitive ones do; change behavior or thoughts. Some psychologists would say it's about feeling the emotions associated with the situation and recognizing them; thus becoming more free. This could be with the Emotionally Focused. Some would say it's about acknowledging the person's story so that it's seen and heard; get some cooler stories to tell.live from. It could be a good Narrative style. Depending on which psychological method you're looking at, they will all have a different take on a method for a person with a problem.

There are probably about 15 recognized approaches in psychology; classical psychoanalysis à la Freud, analytically inspired therapy ad modus Jung, Klein or the other contemporaries. Gestalt therapy, systemic, narrative, solution-focused, the older cognitive, the newer ones; ACT, Dialectical. Compassionfocused, Emotion-focused, Existential therapy and probably more. The approximately 11,000 psychologists who are members of the Danish Psychological Association all do their work/"therapy" differently. So does it matter how you work?

I do not think so. As a starting point, I believe that psychologists must be based on a professionally recognized, scientifically based psychotherapeutic method. Tested practically and formulated theoretically in relation to all the others. Especially as a new psychologist, get guidance/supervision on your work from an older colleague. So you consider your interventions and the feedback you get from the client. In 2022, I've been a psychologist for 19 years, a student for seven more, and have yet to hear of one method that is superior to all the others.