Which of the following is not a type of psychotherapy?

• A. Medication prescription
• B. Individual psychotherapy
• C. Group psychotherapy
• D. Cognitive therapy

Answer: (A)

Psychotherapy refers to talk-based therapies aimed at changing thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. One-on-one psychotherapy involves individual sessions with a therapist, group psychotherapy involves multiple clients with a therapist, and cognitive therapy is a specific approach within psychotherapy that targets distorted thinking. Prescribing medications is a medical treatment that uses drugs to manage symptoms, not through therapeutic dialogue or behavior-focused techniques, so it is not a type of psychotherapy. Clinicians may use both approaches together, but medication management itself falls outside psychotherapy.