What New Yorker couldn’t use a therapist?

But with so many types of psychotherapy available now, it can be tricky to figure out what method will work best for you.

“A lot of it is luck,” admits Merle Brenner, a certified therapist with a practice in Manhattan. “You might be able to go through insurance companies, but most of the time it’s by word of mouth.”

Here’s a primer on the latest talk therapies available.

What it is: CBT proponents believe that it’s not events that make people depressed, but their interpretations of those events, says Kristene Doyle, director of the Albert Ellis Institute, a psychotherapy training organization in Murray Hill. CBT sessions establish goals and talking points for each meeting, along with assignments and exercises to practice off of the couch.

What it treats: Anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive behaviors, eating disorders

What it is: During DBT, a therapist works with the patient to help him or her develop skills to cope with suicidal or harmful thoughts, such as taking a cold shower, doing breathing exercises or getting one’s heart rate up. “When emotional intensity is high, [these activities] serve as a distraction,” says Jeanette Lorandini, a clinical therapist at Suffolk DBT Psychological Services on Long Island. “It helps patients learn that the situation will pass.”

What it treats: Eating disorders, substance abuse, self-harming behaviors, borderline personality disorder; most often used to treat teenagers

What it is: At each AEDP session, patients tell a personal story about something that happened to them, and the therapist then helps the patient tap into the emotion of living through that experience again. The goal is to be more open, honest and accepting of one’s feelings and one’s past, says Brenner, a certified AEDP therapist.

What it treats: Post-traumatic stress disorder, attachment issues, anxiety, depression

What it is: Patients with damaging self-esteem issues caused by trauma use Tibetan meditation to visualize compassion for themselves. “The idea is to tap into that sensitivity to the presence of suffering in others … and to draw it into ourselves,” says Dennis Tirch, director of the Center for CFT on the Upper East Side.

What it treats: Depression coupled with trauma, shame, self-hatred

What it is: ACT uses mindfulness and meditation to help unblock patients experiencing debilitating psychological issues. “ACT says that the basic problem that people face is that they get fused with these ideas — such as, whenever someone brushes against me they intend to hurt me — and treat them as actual fact,” says Mark Dombeck, who has a practice in Northern California.

What it treats: Severe trauma (rape, child abuse), anger management, mood and anxiety disorders, schizophrenia