The people I am going to be seeking therapy from are titled “psychotherapists”. I’m only doing it to insure I keep my SSi. I really don’t think I need any therapy at all, but getting some is better than being told AP’s are my only option at this point.
If the therapist is in his or her 60s, the tendency is toward the so-called “talk” therapies, though REBT was very popular when most of them were in school. If the therapist is in his or her 50s or even mid-40s, it’s more likely to be “functional assessment of behavior” and behaviorism with a smattering of sort of amorphous CBT tossed in.
If the therapist is in his or her 20s or 30s and came from a truly good school, they’ll assess your cognitive style and emotional proclivities quickly, then move into something truly useful, like one of the mindfulness-based CBTs.
And the really good ones will let go of their egos and assign you to a workbook-based skills training group. If it was me sitting in your seat, I’d tell them that’s what I’m really looking for… because the odds of accomplishing something meaningful are SO much better in that mode.