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Through active listening and questioning, Psychotherapist works to understand the client's concerns, explore their hopes and expectations of the counselling process and helps to facilitate a process that will allow the person to identify and remedy their concerns.
People from all walks of life benefit from psychotherapy. You are welcome regardless of your culture, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or employment group. Psychotherapy is also beneficial for couples, families, teenagers and children.
This will be discussed in your first appointment.
Many therapists are also what is known as 'integrative'. This means that they are trained in several types of therapy that they can blend to best match your issues. And if they feel the approaches they offer are not right for you, they will recommended you to a more suitable therapist.
The standard format of weekly sessions helps you make gradual and steady progress that means you see real results. In some cases, a therapist will agree to two or more sessions per week, if you both deem it beneficial and they have the availability.
In basic terms, a psychiatrist is a registered doctor who can diagnose mental illness and prescribe medication. Psychologists and psychotherapists offer talking therapy and would not typically provide a diagnosis or medication. That said, they have a good understanding of all diagnoses, or even the medication that might be applicable, and can refer you to a psychiatrist if required. Or, where necessary, they will liaise with psychiatrists to support you further.
In order to reserve a certain time slot just for you each week there will be a cancellation policy that applies. Your therapist will share this cancellation policy with you prior to your first appointment. Any and all missed sessions outside of the agreed to terms will be charged at the full fee, including holidays, work commitments, illness and other emergencies.
The first session is a chance to get a sense of how the therapist works. They will probably ask you to talk more about what brings you to therapy and might have an assessment form which they fill in on your behalf. This helps assess if they are the right person to help you. They might ask about the history of the issue you want to work on, your past and family, and what helps you cope.
You can ask questions to help you decide whether you want to work with the person.
Psychotherapy can be short or long term. The number of sessions you have will depend on you, your therapist, the type of therapy and depth and complexity of the issues you want to work on. It’s unusual for therapy to last for less than six sessions. Some may continue for two years or more.
It varies. Generally, if you need an appointment early in the morning, up to 9pm, or on a Saturday, you should be able to find an available psychotherapist who works then. Often, therapists include their availability in their website, or you can ask them about it when you first contact them by phone or email.
Therapists won’t usually be available to talk to you outside your agreed session time.
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