How does Counselling and Relationship Therapy Work?

Does relationship counselling work? How about individual therapy for anxiety and depression. Associated Counsellors & Psychologists Sydney, a leading service provider, answers your questions about counselling therapy.

A common question asked by people is: ”Does counselling really work?” Like our clients, you may be looking for help with your relationship, with anxiety or stress, or maybe low mood or depression. Whatever the cause of concern, the good news is that clinical counselling is proven to help those with common mental health complaints such as anxiety and depression. And importantly also, relationship counselling for marriage or couple issues is a validated therapy for assisting couples to improve the quality of their relationship.

Counselling: How does it work?
There are many different modalities that counsellors can employ to help you. The therapy they choose will depend on a counsellors training and their judgement of your issue. Treatment for anxiety and depression can include cognitive behavioural therapy. This therapy works considering behaviours and thoughts that currently increase your level of anxiety or depression, and help you to overcome this patterned or habitual reaction. For instance, people who experience anxiety may tell themselves things such as: ’I can’t make it’, or ”I will be terribly embarrassed if people see how nervous I am”. Such beliefs are identified together with your therapist, and different, positive self-representations are now employed to challenge these beliefs. With continued practice and some skills training like relaxation, great results are experienced by most people.

Can relationship counselling really help my partnership?
It’s important to accept that relationships go through phases, from the initial honeymoon stage to the many stages of maturing of the relationships. For nearly everyone, as the relationship matures, so do personal demands and responsibility, whether it’s in the form of increased work pressure or children coming into the family, etc. As these common pressures increase, the partners in the relationship are no longer able to accommodate the other’s emotional needs, and conflict can develop - often into frequent and recurring arguments. Relationship counselling enables each partner to learn to soothe their own distress, and at the same time learn to identify and bring out into the open the underlying needs that are not being met. Partners begin to negotiate what they can do for each other and which demands may need to go unmet. A new, more realistic life plan is recognised and can be worked with.

What issues can our therapists help with?
Therapists and psychologists are familiar with assisting through a wide range of issues including anxiety or stress, depression or sadness, couple and marriage issues, grief and bereavement, addictions, anger management, eating disorders and many other complaints of modern living.

How should I choose a counsellor or psychologist?
Contact a registered counsellor or psychologist for a start to a better life. These licenced mental health professionals can work with you to overcome your emotional challenges. Whatever country you are in you can seek assistance from the professional body which registers counsellors or psychologists in your state. In Australia, Associated Counsellors & Psychologists Sydney are able to offer details of a registered therapist near you.

Associated Counsellors & Psychologists Sydney - psychologist services including, cognitive behavior therapy, general counselling, psychology and marriage counselling Sydney. Call (02)8205 0566 or visit 418/185 Elizabeth Street, Sydney 2000.