A psychologist can help you work through problem that may arise in your life. This can range from depression, addiction, relationship issues, grief, stress and many other issues or life events that can affect your health and wellbeing. Through psychotherapy, psychologists help people of all ages live happier, healthier, and more productive lives.
it provides a supportive environment that allows you to talk openly with someone who’s objective, neutral, and non-judgmental. You and your psychologist will work together to identify and change the thought and behaviour patterns that are keeping you from feeling your best.
When should you consider psychotherapy?
When you feel that your quality of life isn’t what you want it to be, psychotherapy can help. For some people, it can be a nerve racking experiencing reaching out and to give therapy a go. However overcoming this nervousness will help you in the long term to better the quality of your life.
Each individual may choose to seek psychotherapy for different reasons, for example because they feel depressed, are going through grief or to seek help for a chronic illness that is interfering with their emotional or physical well-being. When you feel stuck but know that you must do something about it, we encourage people to speak with a psychotherapist.
What can psychotherapy help with?
Psychotherapy is helpful for a range different emotional or mental health problems. However you do not need to be in a crisis or diagnosed mental illness to benefit from the service. Psychotherapy can help you to explore your problem, discuss openly and confidently. As the sessions progress, it can enable you to see things in a different prospective and help you to find a solution to move forward.
Here are just some of the issues that can be helped
- Anxiety
- Feeling overwhelmed
- Panic attacks and phobias.
- Depression, sadness, grief or emptiness
- Stress / recovering from stressful events
- Lack of confidence or extreme shyness
- Abuse and coping with the effects
- Extreme mood swings
- Difficulty making or sustaining relationships
- Unsatisfying or destructive relationships
- Sexual problems
- Difficulties with bereavement, divorce or unemployment
- Eating disorders
- Self-harm
- Obsessive behaviour
How will psychotherapy help me?
Therapists understand that stressful life events or trauma can make you feel vulnerable and helpless. As such, that are not there to make a diagnosis on your issues or situation. Rather, the primary focus for therapist when working with you is to be compassionate, listen and to be understanding of what you are going through. Having the support and guidance of a psychotherapists can help you to:
- Feel safe and confident in expressing your own feelings
- Allow for deeper insight into the issue you are facing
- Learn better coping mechanism to deal with fears, feelings more efficiently
- Improve the relationships between yourself, friends, family and others in your life
- Gain a new perspective on how you think and behave to improve mental and emotional wellbeing.
- Improve your communication skills
What happens in psychotherapy sessions?
In a session, you are encouraged to talk about you current situation or a particular concern that you would like to work on. Along with the expertise of the therapists, they will help you to resolve the issue by discussing in thorough detail, listening and asking further questions to help you understand things from a different perspective. Some therapist may even provide specific exercise to complete to help you open up and delve deeper.
This process can be difficult at first as you as you begin to open up and see things in a new light, but your therapist will be there to provide you with all the support you need to guide you through the process.
At Daksi Psychotherapy & Counselling our aim is to help our clients realise their potential for recovery, growth and lasting change. We will listen, support and help you people feel empowered, feel better and lead a fuller life. Start your journey today by booking a FREE initial consultation where we can explore the ways in which we can help you though your personal circumstances and help you to achieve a happier, fuller life.