Recurrent issues and underlying themes that may be impacting on the satisfaction and enjoyment of your life are explored in depth with your therapist.
This tends to be a longer process than counselling as we become more conscious of parts of our selves that were previously not fully acknowledged. The therapeutic relationship can become an important part of the learning process as it can often come to reflect other patterns of relating.
Types of Psychotherapy
Our therapy practice incorporates trauma therapy, neurophysiology, memory, linguistics, infant research and developmental theories integrated with a Psychology of the Self.
This is also linked with the Conversational Model and ongoing research at Westmead Hospital in Sydney which continues to demonstrate the effectiveness of this therapy.
Counselling
Counselling tends to be a therapy of shorter duration, looking at day to day issues and choices being faced.
You can use it as a problem solving process, to gain support for certain issues you may be facing at a certain time in your life, or perhaps you may wish to look at issues of communication.
During your therapy you may find yourself wishing to further explore aspects of your counselling in more depth by taking a more psychotherapy based approach. Or you may find the results you hope to achieve from counselling changing. This can be discussed with your therapist at any time during your counselling.
Couple Counselling
In couple counselling the focus is on the relationship and the ways that each individual contributes to the relationship dynamic.
Communication, self awareness and an understanding of your partner's viewpoint are explored.
The process of discussing issues or arguing may be slowed down in couple counselling so that all the factors present can be safely explored and acknowledged.
Couple counselling will take place in a space that is safe, comfortable and neutral for both partners. Some sessions may be used to see each partner separately.
Couple counselling can also be very useful for a couple who are considering separating or divorcing, or parents looking at issues of parenting children.
The therapists at Talking Therapy are aware that culture affects the way psychotherapy is experienced and the way clients respond to it.
All five therapists respond to the necessity of gaining cultural knowledge of all their clients. They are also supported by the use of language in the model that they practise, which provides an important tool in bringing about connection between cultures.
Regarding working with Maori clients, the personal experience and knowledge of Maori culture of some therapists, and the respect, empathy and commitment to respond sensitively to the needs of each client by all therapists, result in Talking Therapy being a safe place for Maori clients.
With all clients they work with an awareness of how we are shaped by the past, as well as the present – cultural and historical factors being an important part of this.
A Maori proverb:
Me titiro ki nga wa o mua Rapua te mea kua ngaro
When searching for direction Focus your eyes backwards And see where you have come from
Workplace Counselling
Employment Assistance Programme counselling (EAP) or workplace counselling is offered and funded by many employers to assist their employees.
It is intended to support staff with workplace issues (career choices, issues with managers or other staff members, redundancy for example), as well as any personal issues that may impact on the ability to work well. Usually three sessions are provided by the employer, but some do provide further sessions if required.
Employee Assistance Programmes are confidential programmes. This means that the identity of an employee utilising their programme will remain confidential. The exceptions to this are where harm to oneself or others could be prevented, or if some criminal activity is disclosed in the course of the programme.
CBT, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, works on the premise that if the pattern of thinking and behaviour can be changed then feelings will also change.
In a lot of cases this is clearly true and at times all our therapists make use of CBT methods, working on understandings and cognitions as self management tools. However there are limitations in the usefulness of CBT.
Psychotherapy Counselling
Recurrent issues and underlying themes that may be impacting on the satisfaction and enjoyment of your life are explored in depth with your therapist.
Employment Assistance Programme counselling (EAP) or workplace counselling is offered and funded by many employers to assist their employees.
The Talking Therapy centre is offering couselling for anyone experiencing trauma as a result of the Christchurch Earthquake