Psychotherapy and Counselling
For many, manyreasons people can find themselves in situations where they are having difficulty coping. These (situations) can be related to a brief life barrier that a person is having difficulty overcoming, or gaining control of, or they might be barriers that have existed throughout the person’s life. At such times, the journey can be extremely difficult but made mucheasier by having a supportive person who is neutral, non-judgmental, confidential, empathic, educated, and knowledgeable.
Dave Wells bases his counselling techniques on the models of ‘Holistic’ or ‘Integrated’ Therapy. This therapy utilises components of a number of different counselling models, dependent on the person’s individual needs and preferences. Consisting on components of ‘Psycho-analysis (Historical), ‘Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT – Thoughts and Behaviours)), Narrative Therapy (Centers people as experts in their own lives), and Humanist approach, are used to focus on the goals, growth and potential of each individual.
Counselling and Psychotherapy form an important part of Psychological Therapies, which fall under three main categories
Behavioural Therapies:
These focus on cognitions and behaviours and are based on the way people think (cognitive) and/or behave. These therapies recognise that it is possible to change, or recondition, our thoughts or behaviours to overcome specific problems.
Humanistic Therapies
These focus on self-development, growth and responsibility and seek to help individuals recognise their strengths, creativity, and choices. Humanistic Therapies are a combination of approaches.
Psychoanalytical and Psycho-dynamic Therapies:
These focus on the unconscious relationship patterns; thoughts and perceptions that have evolved from childhood; and how these affect current behaviour and thoughts.
Counselling and Psychotherapy Approaches
Adlerian Therapy
focuses on creating a therapeutic relationship that is co-operative, encouraging, and practical. Adlerian counsellors help clients explore their unique ’lifestyle’ and ’private logic’ (their core beliefs about self, others, and the world) to increase understanding of and challenge habitual patterns of behaviour and hidden goals. It is an educative process of dialogue, insight, encouragement, re-orientation, and enablement.
Brief Therapy
uses the cognitive behavioural approach with a small, planned number of sessions, and possibly a single follow-up session after some time has elapsed. This therapy is primarily for people experiencing a phase of difficulty.
Cognitive Analytical Therapy (CAT)
combines cognitive therapy and exploratory psychotherapy and encourages clients to draw on their own resources to develop the skills to change destructive patterns of behaviour. Negative ways of thinking are explored, and treatment is structured and directive.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
combines cognitive and behavioural techniques. Clients are taught ways to change thoughts and expectations, and relaxation techniques may be used.
Dave Wells offers support from Integrative and Eclectic therapy approaches
Integrative therapy
is a blend of specific techniques of Counselling.
Eclectic therapy
takes elements of several different therapeutic models and combines them.