Counselling and Psychotherapy
Counselling has become the accepted therapy which people turn to when experiencing emotional or psychological ill health. It is the ‘talking cure’ best suited to short term difficulties which need extra support or understanding to deal with.
Longer term conditions which have episodic recurrences are best dealt with by engaging in psychotherapy which can continue for some months or even years if necessary. Psychotherapy looks at deeper issues, often going back to childhood or even babyhood experiences which have caused behaviours and responses in the person which have a moderate or severe impact on his or her life.
There are many theoretical approaches in both counselling and psychotherapy which you may want to investigate before deciding on the best therapy for you.
