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In the third wave, the cognitive behavioural therapy is associated with the use of unconventional techniques in psychotherapy (such as mindfulness), where focus is on changes in attitudes to experiencing (the first wave focused on changes in behaviour, the second wave focused on cognitive changes). The authors of the third wave of CBT started to explore the ways of increasing clientsВ’ motivation and increasing the effectiveness of CBT in patients where traditional CBT methods failed. These authors include for exa...

Dramatherapy is a way of psychotherapy which helps people better understand their problems. The method is helpful especially in the field of addictions. The therapeutic community is a traditional form of caring for persons addicted to drugs. A few communities in Czech Republic use dramatherapy. The purpose of the text is to answer the question how dramatherapy works in a community and how the method influences the clients. The paper focuses on the potential of dramatherapy in a therapeutic community for persons wi...

The aim of this paper is to present the Five Ways to Wellbeing method. This original Anglo-Saxon concept in applied the Czech Republic as part of therapeutic interventions for persons with addictions. The experience with this method is described in the qualitative analysis. The ultimate question is whether the Five Ways to Wellbeing method is applicable in the Czech Republic. What are the specifics and whether they are consistent with the conventional methods and procedures used in the target group. Another aim wi...