How does Relationship Therapy Work?
Does relationship counselling work? How about individual therapy for anxiety and depression. Associated Counsellors & Psychologists Sydney, a leading service provider, answers your questions about counselling therapy.
A common question asked by clients is: ”Does counselling really work?” Like our clients, you may be considering getting some help with a relationship, with an anxiety problem or stress, or perhaps low mood or depression. Whatever the reasons causing your concern, there’s good news: clinical counselling is proven to help those with complaints such as anxiety and depression. And importantly also, relationship counselling for marriage or couple issues is also a helpful treatment for assisting couples to improve the quality of their relationship.
Counselling: How does it work?
There are several types of modalities which counsellors can use to help you. The therapy they choose will depend on a counsellors training and their judgement of your difficulty. Some of the best validated treatments for anxiety and depression include cognitive behavioural therapy. This therapy works by thinking in depth about behaviours and thoughts that generally increase your level of anxiety or depression, and help you to overcome this habitual reaction. For example, those who suffer anxiety could be telling themselves things like: ’I can’t make it’, or ”I will be terribly embarrassed if people see how nervous I am”. Such beliefs are identified together with your therapist, and altered, positive self-representations are now employed to challenge these beliefs. With ongoing practice and some skills training such as relaxation, great results are experienced by most people.
Can relationship counselling help my marriage?
It’s important to accept that relationships go through phases, from the initial honeymoon stage to the many stages of maturing of the relationships. For nearly everyone, as the relationship matures, so do personal demands and responsibility, whether it’s in the form of increased work pressure or children coming into the family, etc. As these common pressures increase, the partners in a relationship are no longer able to accommodate the other’s emotional needs, and conflict can develop - usually into frequent and recurring arguments. Relationship counselling helps each partner to learn to soothe their own distress, and at the same time learn to identify and bring out into the open the unspoken needs that are going unmet. Partners can learn to begin to negotiate what they can do for each other and which demands may need to go unmet. A new, more realistic life plan is recognised and can be worked with.
What issues can our psychologists help with?
Therapists and psychologists are trained to assist you through a wide range of issues including anxiety or stress, depression or sadness, couple and marriage issues, grief and bereavement, addictions, anger management, eating disorders and many other complaints of modern living.
How do I choose a counsellor or psychologist?
Get in touch with a registered counsellor or psychologist for a start to a better life. These licenced mental health professionals are able to work with you to overcome emotional challenges. Depending on the country you are in you can get assistance from the professional body that registers psychologists or counsellors in your state. In Australia, Associated Counsellors & Psychologists Sydney can connect you with a registered therapist near you.
Associated Counsellors & Psychologists Sydney - psychologist services including, cognitive behavior therapy, general counselling, psychology and relationship counselling Sydney. Call (02)8205 0566 or visit 418/185 Elizabeth Street, Sydney 2000.
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