Psychodrama, developed by Jacob Moreno, was an innovative approach that combined the device of the theatre with group psychotherapy. The therapist was the director, while the client played whatever role was pertinent to the issue at hand and others filled in with roles as required or made up the audience.

Gestalt Therapy, developed by Fritz Perls, is an approach that has maintained strong support and interest for its efficacy into the new millenium. Some of the basic strategies it has contributed to the psychotherapeutic realm include the concept of role-play and 2-chair work where the client plays the role of the parent/boss/spouse, etc. in one chair and maintains their own identity in the other. 2-Chair work is also a profound way to clarify different aspects of the self.

During the '70s, we also became enamoured with Transactional Analysis which would be our primary modality in our professional work into the late '80s.

Transactional Analysis (TA), developed by Eric Berne, became popular in mainstream culture through Berne's bestseller Games People Play and Thomas Harris' I'm OK, You're OK. This was the first psychotherapeutic approach designed for the layperson to understand and use on their own and as such, made an enormous contribution to demystifying psychotherapy for the layperson. This in turn contributed to the cultural shift away from being in therapy as something to hide to something increasingly mainstream. TA also used group therapy as a foundation, rather than the conventional individual therapy, in order to make use of the interactions going on in the group as material to explore personal issues.