Counselling ...therapy ?

Sometimes we can have hard time, even critical time in our life or simply would like to talk about daily toil. Do not wait too long ... 


 


 "Counselling and psychotherapy are ways of responding to a wide range of human needs.  Counselling and psychotherapy provide opportunities for those seeking help to work towards ways of living in more satisfying and resourceful ways." COSCA

 Approaches which can help to change ..... 

About  Motiventional Interviewing ?

The most important five pinciples of motivational interviewing:

Express empathy  - an empathic  approach , therapist / counselor have to accept clients, the problems they have and their ambivalence about change without criticizing or blaming.

Develop discrepancy between the client’s goals and present behavior

Avoid argumentation - do not label clients, avoid negative comments

Roll the resistance

Support self-efficacy

Clients need to feel that there is a good reason to change as well they have to believe that they are capable of change.


 

About   Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)

·      involves having a constantly changing view of the client and their situation

·      needs a strong working alliance between counsellor and client

·      invites a collaborative relationship involving active participation of client

·      is goal oriented and solution focused

focuses on present teaching of strategies for future enabling of client self-healing

·      is intended to be time-limited

·      utilises structured sessions

·      teaches clients to identify, evaluate and adapt their own thinking

·      uses various techniques facilitating change in thoughts, feelings and behaviour

 

 

 

The sample

"Heather" was a client who had great difficulty saying "no" to others'

requests. As a result, she ended up taking on large, overwhelming tasks at

work with very little notice or preparation time. Heather wanted to learn

how to balance the need to perform well at work (and receive good performance evaluations) with the need to avoid getting into situations that involved overwhelming amounts of work. At the beginning of skills training,

she was not yet at the point where she could effectively refuse requests made

by persons in authority positions. Therapy with Heather used shaping techniques, which in this instance involved breaking down the behaviors associated with balancing performance with avoiding being overwhelmed into

smaller subcomponents, the first of which involved simply saying, "Let me

give that some thought and get back to you." Initially, the therapist would

reinforce (in the form of warmth, enthusiasm, and praise) this behavior. The

next task was for Heather to think through the person's request and then say "no" to him or her if it was reasonable and effective to do so. The next time someone asked Heather to take on a task that she did not wish to perform, and she said, "Let me give that some thought. . .", the therapist held off on providing any reinforcement until Heather followed through with declining the request. Heather eventually worked up to refusing or delaying requests that were unreasonable or overwhelming.