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Counselling and Psychotherapy
Counselling (and by extension psychotherapy) has many forms but the fundamental features are:-
- It is non judgemental.
- It does not usually involve giving directive advice.
- The therapist (counsellor) enables the problem to be seen a different light and so help the client (patient) to draw on their own resources to come to an acceptance and hopefully a solution for the problem.
The therapist and client build up a relationship of trust and this enables difficult issues to be explored in an objective and unemotional way although there may well be encouragement to express strong feelings that may have been suppressed in order to aid the healing process.
There are 4 main models of this kind of help:-
- humanistic
- cognitive
- psychodynamic
- behavioural
There are also very many subsets of these types. The differences are beyond the scope of this introduction and you will need to look into the type practiced by any chosen practitioner to decide whether their style would suit you.
Life and Health Problems Helped
The life and health problems shown below have been noted as being helped by Counselling and Psychotherapy:-
Counselling and Psychotherapy Blog
Add your contributions to the blog for this page. The button is at the bottom of the page or follow this link to the blog for this page. These can be absolutely anything related to this therapy or "natural cures" that needs an answer from other members of the community, or a space for you to complain about or comment on anything related to that topic.
How to Help your Practitioner
You will have certain questions that you want to ask your practitioner about the therapy or natural cure and your practitioner will have standard questions to ask you about yourself.
The "How to Help Your Practitioner" page for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Counselling and Psychotherapy Practitioner Organisations and Schools
The qualifications and requirements for a practitioner to be registered may vary markedly from organisation to organisation. We would strongly recommend that you visit the organisation's website to ensure that your chosen practitioner is registered with an organisation which has requirements with which you approve.
The home country of the organisation is listed. Although their practitioner lists and training courses are likely to be limited to their own countries most will provide more information, advice, contacts and help wherever you live:-
| Association of Professional Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapists | Great Britain | National |
| British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy | Great Britain | National |
| British Psychoanalytic Council | Great Britain | National |
| National Council of Psychotherapists | Great Britain | National |
| The National Register of Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapists | Great Britain | National |
| American Counseling Association | United States of America | National |
| National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) | United States of America | National |
Please email editor(at)shared-care.com with the name and URL of your suggestions for additional organisations.
Counselling and Psychotherapy Practitioner List
As the relationship between practitioner and the person consulted by them is a very personal one we would recommend that you check out their qualifications and, if possible, decide whether you have suitable empathy with them. This listing does not imply any special competence.
Practitioner lists for Counselling and Psychotherapy:-
| Australia | Canada | Great Britain |
| India | Ireland | New Zealand |
| The United States of America |
Lists of Practitioners and Practices
Please access the list of practitioners listed by therapy from the Therapies Home page
The full searchable practice list for the following countries.
| Australia | Canada | Great Britain |
| India | Ireland | New Zealand |
| United States of America |
The practitioners and practitioners' organisations lists for the following countries.
| Australia | Canada | Great Britain |
| India | Ireland | New Zealand |
| United States of America |
Shopping Zone
Editors Choice
Not all good things come from Amazon. The following are my choices of goodies that I have come across or in which I have had some involvement. If you want to add anything please email me (editor(at)shared-care.com) with details
| Surprisingly Gluten Free | Gluten free cookbook; lots of good recipes |
| Surprisingly Gluten Free | |
| Dr Michaels New Horizons | Self help tapes from No Panic |
| No Panic | |
| Lumie Sunlamp | Sunlamp for SAD (works for me! (ed)) |
| Lumie | |
| The FISH Plan for Migraine | Free downloadable book about treating migraine |
| The FISH Plan for Migraine | |
| The FISH Plan for Irritable Bowel Syndrome | Free downloadable book about treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| The FISH Plan for IBS | |
| Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet | Necessary dietary reading for everyone |
| Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet | |
| The Complete Guide to Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free Cooking | Great cookbook by Glenis Lucas. Introduction by me! |
| The Complete Guide to Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free Cooking | |
