EPIC therapy is the abbreviation for Existential Phenomenological Intercultural Counselling and Psychotherapy. Why did we choose such a long name for our practice? It is to highlight our vision and what makes us unique.
What makes EPIC therapy unique
In general, most mental health care institutions mainly offer cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Over the past two to three decades, CBT has often been regarded as one of the most evidence-based treatment methods. However, in clinical practice, we have found that this approach often focuses primarily on diagnosis and symptoms, while overlooking the individual characteristics of the client and the social environment they face. As a result, it often fails to achieve comprehensive outcomes. In addition, under the influence of health insurance systems, many healthcare institutions have become focused on treatment procedures and patient turnover rather than quality, and clients are often reduced to numbers rather than treated as whole persons.
By contrast, many studies over the past twenty years have shown that the success of therapy is not strongly linked to the specific theoretical orientation of the therapist. The key to successful therapy lies in the therapeutic relationship between the therapist and the client.
Unlike conventional mainstream psychological care, existential phenomenological psychotherapy returns therapy to its core and is grounded in the therapeutic relationship. Within this confidential therapeutic relationship, you can share your worries, concerns, psychological or even existential issues with an EPIC therapy counselor, including topics related to life, aging, illness, and death. At the same time, human existence is inherently connected to others and to the surrounding environment. Therefore, the therapist will encourage you to reflect on and explore your relationships with others, and work together with you to examine the connections between the decisions you have made in your life and the issues you are facing. Through this therapeutic process, you will rediscover a sense of balance in your life and begin to make new decisions, enabling you to live more fully and authentically. (If you would like to learn more about existential phenomenology, please click here: “What is existential phenomenological psychotherapy?”)
The importance of intercultural psychotherapy
In this era of advanced transportation and information, whether you live in your home country or abroad, your life is no longer influenced solely by local traditions. Through television and the internet, you can continuously see how people in other countries live and think. Cultural impact is no longer something only immigrants or expats face; it is something that local residents also encounter. Within these diverse lifestyles, ways of thinking, multicultural backgrounds, norms and values, EPIC therapy would like to work together with you to reflect on these influences and to discover new possibilities in life.
You can choose to receive counseling and psychotherapy either online or face-to-face. If you would like to learn more about the services provided by EPIC therapy, please click here.