Individual Counselling & Therapy
Counselling/ Psychotherapy is a private and confidential process in which you discuss and explore, with a professionally trained counsellor/psychotherapist, your feelings, emotions and thoughts related to a situation or issue that is troubling you. The aim of the Counsellor/ Psychotherapist is to help you effectively cope with and/ or overcome the problem.
Seeking Counselling / Psychotherapy is not a sign of weakness; it just indicates you could do with a little help in effectively dealing with a problem or situation.
Key distinctions between Counselling and Psychotherapy:
Counselling tends to focus on a specific problem, while Psychotherapy often addresses deep-rooted issues causing dysfunctionality in different domains.
Counselling is often short-term while Psychotherapy may be required for medium or long-term when issues are deep and complex
Counselling is usually a client-centred approach where the critical skills and attitudes are empathy, active listening and unconditional regard. Psychotherapy additionally involves the use of therapeutic tools and techniques acquired through training and education in special therapeutic approaches like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Hypnotherapy, etc.
