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Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy typically refers to longer-term treatment and it intensively and extensively examines your inner world and psychological history. It is more focused on helping you understand your life in a profound and reflective manner. 

It is an evolutionary process that supports you to go much deeper to unearth, understand and address the root causes of emotional and psychological issues, which are adversely impacting the current quality of your life and relationships. The intended outcomes of such a process are gaining insights and significant changes in perspectives regarding yourself and your life experience; it will transform your thought and behavioural patterns and your way of seeing the world.

Ultimately, through increased awareness, psychotherapy aims to empower you to release you from the grip of unconscious triggers or impulses which, probably, resulted from early difficult experiences or trauma.

Psychotherapy tends to be carried out with you and the therapist present. This provides a safe container for you to be vulnerable, air thoughts, express feelings and share traumatic experiences freely without the fear of perceived judgement.

Confidentiality in Psychotherapy

Confidentiality is key to building trust between a counsellor and a client. Your counsellor will listen to you in confidence and will not tell anyone else what you say. They won’t discuss you with your employer, family, friends or anyone else without your consent.

Contracting in Psychotherapy

You should agree a contract for all therapy, whether it’s face to face counselling or online. It should cover:

  • How many sessions you will have and how often you will meet
  • What are the fees and how these should be paid
  • What happens if you miss a session or if either of you are away on vacation

Boundaries in Psychotherapy

Your relationship with your counsellor will be a professional one. They will not be a personal friend and, depending on their way of working, may share little personal information about themselves. You will not meet or have any contact, as far as possible, outside of your therapy sessions or when your therapy has finished.

The aim of boundaries is to create a relationship where you feel safe, comfortable and able to talk about your experiences or feelings, even if they seem taboo, frightening or embarrassing.

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