As discussed in my other blogs, there are different types of mental health practitioners, and different theoretical frameworks on how to help people with their psychological and life challenges. Since the 1990s, comprehensive research spanning multiple disciplines of therapy suggests that it is common factors across all these approaches that largely account for positive outcomes of therapy.
Counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists, psychiatrists – what’s the difference?
One of the questions I often get asked is: “What is counselling or psychotherapy – isn’t that psychology?” It’s a good question. A good way to answer it is to start with some definitions.
The ways in which counsellors work…and how to choose a counsellor
Finding a counsellor that is right for you is not as easy as it ideally should be. Realising you need some support is already a big step, so being faced with the daunting task of finding someone you can trust to understand and help you, makes many of us put the whole thing off.