Psychotherapy & Counselling Aided Help

Psychotherapy and counseling are therapies used to improve mental health and well-being.
Counseling is a short-term, symptomatic therapy focused on addressing specific concerns and for milder issues.
Psychotherapy is prescribed for moderate to severe conditions. It is a longer-term process, involving in-depth work that helps people identify causes, explore recurring themes and issues in themselves. Clinicians who practice psychotherapy receive extensive training. In India, Psychotherapists are licensed practioners and they are certified by Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI under Section 19 of RCI Act, 1992) to treat mental health conditions.

What happens in Psychotherapy and Counselling?

These are relational cures. Psychotherapy and Counseling is a two-way process that operates via establishing a professional, healing therapeutic relationship with your doctor. During psychotherapy, one collaborates with therapist to develop an understand of one’s symptoms, signs and problematic patterns. In therapy, the therapist helps the person learn about his/her condition and understand its overall effects on relations, moods, feelings, thoughts and behaviors. Psychotherapy helps one learn how to regulate problematic patterns as well as take control of your life and respond to challenging situations with healthy coping skills. Psychotherapy can help clients/patients live happier, healthier, and more productive lives.

Goals of Psychotherapy

• To know yourself better.
• Alleviate root cause of emotional pain or confusion.
• Assist you in developing a more complete understanding of your psychological issues.
• Establish more effective coping mechanisms.
• Foster a more accurate understanding of your present, past and what you want for your future.

What are the 4 stages of psychotherapy?

Ideally, the therapeutic relationship has a clear starting point and ending point. It progresses through the 4 clearly set stages outlined: commitment, process, change, and termination.

What are the different types of psychotherapies or approaches of counseling?

There are many types of psychotherapy, each with its own approach. Most of them involve integrative interventions with all patients and their family/support group: Medicinal, Psychosocial, Family intervention with Structured Psychotherapy.
Some of the types of therapies that we offer and are trained at:-

• Supportive Psychotherapy.
• Cognitive therapy.
• Behavior therapy.
• Cognitive behavior therapies.
• Mindfulness based interventions. (MBSR, MBCT, ACT, DBT,EFT ).
• Child & Adolescent Psychotherapies .
• Trauma Based interventions.
• Dual Couples & Sex dual therapies.
• Crisis interventions.
• Psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapies.
• Humanistic therapy.
• Gestalt therapy
• Existential therapy
• Integrative or holistic therapy.

Who decides which treatment will help pts?

The type of psychotherapy that’s right for you is decided by the mental health specialist (doctor). It depends on your situation/context/diagnosis/duration of issues etc. The modes of therapy includes online & offline and these are made available in formats such as : individual sessions, family, parent-child, group, online and couples therapy.

Can anyone opt for psychotherapy?

It is not advised. Just as one-size doesn’t fit all. Not everyone is suitable for psychotherapy.

You might consider seeing a counselor if you are

• Struggling with addictive behaviors
• Interested in learning new coping skills
• Having difficulty dealing with a transition or change
• Trying to develop healthier habits
• Dealing with milder issues

You might think about seeing a psychotherapist if you are

• Self/Closer family being diagnosed with a mental health condition
• Have moderate to severe distress or dysfunction associated with psychological issues.
• Noticing changes or worsening of mental health symptoms.
• Experiencing unresolved issues that continue to manifest themselves in your daily life
• Enduring a traumatic or another significant event .
• Have recurrent patterns  or relapses of maladaptive behavior.
• Having trouble resolving a concern in counseling

How long does the effects of Psychotherapy/Counseling last?

Once a person is in complete remission i.e.80-90% out of the disorder, usually the effects of your treatments would last anywhere between 3-6months. Yet the long-term effects of therapy are determined by many factors. The role of your doctor is to help you stay well and increase the wellness periods. The doctors helps in managing you as well as the factors associated with time-to-relapse, recurrence, rebound and recovery in any psychological disorder/psychiatric disorder.

Does everyone benefit from psychotherapy/counseling ?

Not everyone benefits from psychotherapy/counseling. Also not everyone who benefits from it, is actually diagnosed with a mental illness.

To know more: Please Seek an individual evaluation with us!