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.
It’s commonly asked by our clients is: ’Does counselling really work?’ You could be considering getting some help for your relationship, with anxiety or stress, or maybe low mood or depression. Whatever the reasons causing concern, the good news is that clinical counselling has proven to clearly help people with complaints such as anxiety and depression. And importantly also, relationship counselling for marriage or couple issues is a validated treatment for assisting couples to improve the quality of their relationship.
How does counselling work?
There are a number of different treatments that counsellors are able to employ to help you. The therapy they choose will depend on the counsellors training and their judgement of your problems. Treatment for anxiety and depression can include cognitive behavioural therapy. This therapy works by looking into behaviours and thoughts that currently increase your level of anxiety or depression, and help you to overcome this patterned or habitual reaction. For example, those who experience anxiety could be telling themselves things such as: 'I won’t be able to make it’, or ’I'll be terribly embarrassed if people see how nervous I am’. Such beliefs are recognised together with your therapist, and new, positive self-representations are now used to challenge these beliefs. With ongoing practice and perhaps some skills training like relaxation, very good results are experienced by most people.
Can relationship counselling really help my partnership?
Relationships are changeable -they go through phases, from the initial honeymoon stage to a maturing of the relationships. For many couples, as a relationship matures, so do lifestyle demands and responsibility, be it in the form of increased work pressure or children coming along, etc. As these common pressures increase, the partners in the relationship may no longer be able to accommodate the other’s emotional needs, and conflict can develop - often into frequent and recurring arguments. Relationship counselling enables each partner to learn to soothe their own distress, and at the same time learn to identify and name any underlying 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 identified.
What issues can psychologists help with?
Therapists and psychologists are trained to assist you over 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 should I choose a counsellor or psychologist?
Contact a registered counsellor or psychologist for a start to a better life. Licenced mental health professionals can work with you to overcome emotional challenges. Depending on the country you are in you can get 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 - psychologist services including, cognitive therapy, general counselling, psychology and relationship counselling Sydney. Call (02)8205 0566 or visit 418/185 Elizabeth Street, Sydney 2000.