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Counselling and psychotherapy for individuals
Individual counselling and psychotherapy gives you the opportunity to
work directly with your therapist, focusing on yourself and the
challenges you are facing. You are able to feel heard in an empathic and
non-judgemental environment and to gain some relief from feelings or
symptoms that may be troubling you. The process usually starts with a
discussion concerning your immediate situation as well as an exploration
of what you are hoping to achieve through counselling. Time is also
taken to talk about your health, family and relationship history in more
depth to begin to develop a fuller picture of the important personal
experiences which have come to shape you.
Counselling and psychotherapy is an active and collaborative process
between you and your therapist and like many things in life, the more
you are able to commit and participate (both in session and between),
the more you will gain from it. Counselling and psychotherapy help you
develop a keener self knowledge and awareness of your own feelings,
reactions, needs and wants. In addition, it leads to a deeper
understanding of your particular way of relating and interacting both
internally, and externally with others.
The period of counselling and psychotherapy really depends on what level
of work you are wishing to do. For specific and limited goals, much work
can be done in a reasonably short time frame (2 – 6 months), however for
life time patterns, deeper insight and change a longer time will be
required (6 – 12 months or more).
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