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.
One of the most common questions asked by our clients is: ”Does counselling really work?” You may be looking for help for your relationship, with anxiety or stress, or maybe low mood or depression. Whatever the reasons causing your concern, there’s good news: clinical counselling is proven to clearly help people with common mental health complaints such as anxiety and depression. Moreover, relationship counselling for marriage or couple issues is a validated therapy for helping couples improve their relationship.
How does counselling work?
There are many different modalities that counsellors can employ to help you. The chosen mode will depend on a counsellors training and their assessment of your difficulty. Some of the best validated treatments for anxiety and depression include cognitive behavioural therapy. This therapy works by looking into behaviours and thoughts that generally increase your level of anxiety or depression, and help you to overcome this patterned reaction. For instance, people who experience anxiety may tell themselves things like: ’I can’t make it’, or ’I'll be terribly embarrassed if people see how nervous I am’. Such thoughts are identified together with your therapist, and changed, positive self-representations are used to challenge these beliefs. With continued 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 see that relationships are fluid -they go through phases, from the initial honeymoon stage to a maturing of the relationships. For nearly everyone, as the relationship matures, so do lifestyle demands and responsibility, be it in the form of increased work pressure or children coming along, etc. As these pressures increase, the partners in the relationship may no longer be able to accommodate the other’s emotional needs, and conflict may develop - usually into frequent and recurring arguments. Relationship counselling helps each partner to learn to calm their own distress, whilst also learning to identify and bring out into the open the underlying needs that are going unmet. Partners are able 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 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 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 can help you to overcome emotional challenges. Whatever country you are in you can seek 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 - Sydney counselling services including, cognitive therapy, general counselling, psychology and marriage counselling Sydney. Call (02)8205 0566 or visit 418/185 Elizabeth Street, Sydney 2000.
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