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.
One of the most common questions asked by people is: ‘Does counselling really work?’ You could be considering getting some help with a relationship, with anxiety or stress, or maybe low mood or depression. Whatever the reasons causing concern, there’s good news: clinical counselling is proven to help people with common mental health complaints like anxiety and depression. And importantly also, relationship counselling for marriage or couple issues is also a helpful therapy for assisting couples to improve the quality of their relationship.
Counselling: How does it work?
There are a number of different treatments that counsellors are able to use to help you. The therapy they choose will depend on the counsellors training and their judgement of your difficulty. Treatment for anxiety and depression can include cognitive behavioural therapy. This treatment works to look at behaviours and thoughts that currently increase your level of anxiety or depression, and help you to overcome this patterned or habitual response. For instance, those who suffer anxiety may tell themselves things such as: ‘I can’t make it’, or “I will be terribly embarrassed if people see how nervous I am”. Such thoughts are recognised together with your therapist, and changed, positive self-representations are then used to challenge these beliefs. With ongoing practice and some skills training like relaxation, very good results are experienced by most people.
Can relationship counselling really help my partnership?
It’s important to accept that relationships are fluid -they go through phases, from the initial honeymoon stage to a maturing of the relationships. For most couples, as a relationship matures, so do personal demands and responsibility, whether it’s in the form of increased work pressure or children coming along, etc. As these pressures increase, the partners in a relationship are no longer able to accommodate the other’s emotional needs, and conflict can develop – perhaps into frequent and recurring arguments. Relationship counselling enables each partner to learn to calm their own distress, and at the same time learn to identify and bring out into the open the unspoken needs that are not satisfactory. 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 identified.
What issues can our therapists help with?
Therapists and psychologists are trained to assist you through a wide range of issues including anxiety or stress, depression or sadness, marriage and couple issues, grief and bereavement, addictions, anger management, eating disorders and many other complaints of modern living.
How can I choose a counsellor or psychologist?
Get in touch with a registered counsellor or psychologist for a start to a better life. Licenced mental health professionals can work with you to overcome emotional challenges. Whatever country you are in you can find assistance from the professional body which registers counsellors or psychologists in your state. In Australia, Associated Counsellors & Psychologists Sydney can connect you with a registered therapist near you.
Associated Counsellors & Psychologists Sydney – Sydney counselling services including, cognitive behavior therapy, general counselling, psychology and marriage counselling Sydney. Call (02)8205 0566 or visit 418/185 Elizabeth Street, Sydney 2000.