Public review preview. Candidate definitions have not yet been read by the two reviewers. Each entry shows its review status.
counselling skills

Judged: two independent readers; copy check clear.

therapeutic factors

therapeutic factors Therapeutic factors are the elements or processes within therapy that help produce positive change in a person’s psychological or physical outcomes.

Therapeutic factors are the elements or processes within therapy that help produce positive change in a person’s psychological or physical outcomes. In the creative arts therapies, the term refers to both general helpful features shared with other psychotherapies and some factors that are more specific to arts-based work, such as embodiment, concretization, and the use of symbolism and metaphor.