Also known as ‘The Talking Cure' psychotherapy is a way to help people gain, if not mastery, then understanding of themselves. Stress is a signal that something is out of balance and exploring stress - whether it manifests as anxiety, depression, confusion, relationship problems or other tensions - through psychotherapy can help with sustainable change rather than quick fixes.
What’s the difference between counselling and psychotherapy?
In effect, nothing. It used to be that spending 2 years or more in therapy during training resulted in being called a psychotherapist and any less a counsellor. Now the terms have become synonymous. However, anyone can call themselves a therapist or counsellor and in a world of pop psychology it’s important that you make sure you know what you’re getting!
Whoever you chose to see ask if they have a Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling. Ask if they’re a member of a professional membership group. Ask if they have a supervisor. Ask if they’ve been in psychotherapy themselves and so know what you might experience. And no matter how well qualified a therapist is, it’s important that you feel safe and respected.
