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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 Issues Helped
The life and health issues 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 the topic of this page 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 and your practitioner will have standard questions to ask you about yourself.
The "How to Help Your Practitioner" page for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Practitioners Organisations
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.
Counselling and Psychotherapy Training Schools
The practitioners organisations below will also accredit and approve Counselling and Psychotherapy training and courses. Please check that your chosen school is providing the course you are looking for.
Please access the organisation's website to find current contact details.
The organisations may have international members and relevance. Their country of origin is given.
| The National Register of Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapists | Great Britain |
| National Council of Psychotherapists | Great Britain |
| British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy | Great Britain |
Please email editor(at)shared-care.com to add to the List of Practitioners' 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 lists for the following countries.
| Australia | Canada | Great Britain |
| India | Ireland | New Zealand |
| United States of America |
