Choose two therapeutic orientations and compare/contrast them: psychodynamic, psychoanalytic, behavioral, cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, interpersonal, eclectic (or you can pick another less popular type of therapy if you want a challenge) Compare them for: 1. What leads a client to have problems? 2. What specific techniques are used? 3. What leads to change?

I will analyze the concepts of psychoanalytic therapy and behavioral therapy to observe their similarities, methods of action, and types of change expected.
First, to analyze the two different frameworks, we'll look at how they view different problems and what causes them to arise. In this psychoanalytic framework, the unconscious mind, lying below the surface, gives rise to actions and thoughts in the conscious mind. This framework essentially takes the stance that things we don't focus on can sometimes embed themselves deep into our psyche or are even born into our psyche without our knowledge. In behavioral therapy, however, it is believed that actions and feelings are learned or trained behaviors, as well as natural, instinctual behaviors, and they must be guided and corrected.
The two ideas actually share a lot in common, but the terms and rationale behind them varies slightly.
Treatment in psychoanalysis involves in-depth probing and discussion to tease out the subconscious thoughts and feelings, sometimes by deeply analyzing events from childhood or giving a detailed psychoanalysis of vast swathes of one's life. In behavioral therapy, the process of treatment is much more active: one attempts to engage in behaviors, using positive reinforcement to retrain the natural impulses of one's mind. The focus here is less on the mental origin of a behavior and more on the mental pathway that has been formed, for whatever reason. Whereas psychoanalysis attempts to find a root, somewhere in the psyche, of an issue, correct that root, and hope that the stemming actions will change, behavioral therapy forces the behavior to fit into a mold, much in the same way a physical therapist might have someone wear a corrective brace. It doesn't always matter to them the way a problem formed—it is just necessary to correct it. Once it's corrected, it may be beneficial to go back and find the root to prevent it from reemerging, but in the meantime, they wish for the problem to be fixed more than for an answer to be found.