Recent scientific articles continue to support the benefits of counseling and psychotherapy. ‘The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy’ (Shedler, American Psychologist, March 2010) states that benefits are evidence-based and that clients continue to build on gains even after treatment ends. A recent meta analysis of different studies in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that psychotherapy is effective across a wide range of depressive, anxiety etc disorders (JAMA, Oct 1, 2008). Both these studies and others can be read on the net. At my West London practice, I see clients for both short term counseling and longer therapy, primarily psychodynamic psychotherapy (looking at the origins of problems), but using a range of modern approaches depending on client needs.