Ananya prepared the revision chart below on psychotherapy. Which row…

Ananya prepared the revision chart below on psychotherapy. Which row of the chart is correctly noted?

Row	Term	Ananya's note
P	Types of psychotherapy	About 40 different types
Q	Therapeutic alliance	Client has empathy for the therapist; therapist has trust in the client
R	Predominant mode for adults with psychological distress	Individual psychotherapy
S	Clinical formulation	The relation of trust and empathy between therapist and client

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → Row R

Option (1) Row P — Incorrect. There are about 400 different types of psychotherapy.

Option (2) Row Q — Incorrect. The roles are reversed. In the therapeutic alliance the client has trust in the therapist and the therapist has empathy for the client.

Option (3) Row R — Correct. For adults with psychological distress, the predominant mode is individual psychotherapy, as Ananya wrote.

Option (4) Row S — Incorrect. Clinical formulation is the statement of the client's problem and its treatment in the framework of a particular therapy. The relation of trust and empathy is the therapeutic alliance.

NCERT (2026-27): “REHABILITATION OF THE MENTALLY ILL …
Psychotherapy is a treatment for the healing of psychological distress. It is not a homogenous treatment method. There are about 400 different types of psychotherapy. Psychoanalysis, behavioural, cognitive and humanistic-existential are the important systems of psychotherapy. There are many schools within each of the above systems. The important components of psychotherapy are the clinical formulation, i.e. statement of the client’s problem and treatment in the framework of a particular therapy. Therapeutic alliance is the relation between the therapist and the client in which the client has trust in the therapist and the therapist has empathy for the client. The predominant mode of psychotherapy for adults with psychological distress is individual psychotherapy. …”