The organism reacts to the field as it is experienced and perceived. This perceptual field is “reality” for the individual.
Clients come from all over Liverpool for counselling, including Childwall, Toxteth, Allerton, Calderstones and Mossly Hill. My practice is in Aigburth near to Lark Lane, and I sometimes work near to Penny Lane. 'The fact that counselling is included in the NICE depression guideline means that it is supported by evidence of its effectiveness, certainly in the treatment of moderate, as opposed to severe depression. There is also a good deal of other evidence supporting the effectiveness of counselling which isn’t included in NICE guidelines. Additionally, there is evidence that not everyone with depression is helped by CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy). In IAPT services approximately 60% of clients (according to the Glover Report) have not benefited from having CBT, hence the argument for a range of therapies (including counselling) to be made available to clients'. http://www.bacphealthcare.org.uk/faq.php The great question! There is no particular set of techniques that a person centred practitioner should employ. Carl Rogers theorised that if 6 core conditions were present in a therapy session then 'therapeutic change' would occur. He had researched that these conditions were present and high in sessions that people felt therapeutic change occurred. Thus the conditions are necessary & sufficient. There is sometimes a misconception that there are 3 core conditions (empathy, unconditional positive regard & congruence). I think this has occurred through these being more the therapist qualities.. Anyway, here are the SIX Core Conditions :
Anger management is an a form of counselling focusing on anger and 'how to' deal with it using a series of techniques. Person centred counselling can also be a way to help you with anger. Anger can be destructive (I'm sure you can imagine lots of examples) as well as constructive. Just think about groups that have been oppressed. These groups are often angry and it's this anger that gives them the motivation to help change their situation and revolt. Anger can be a very difficult emotion to harness. If you are angry and often act out this emotion through unproductive behaviours counselling can help. Person centred counselling can offer you a safe place to explore what it is that might be adding to your anger. It can be a place where you can come to learn and understand yourself better, without being told to 'stop and count to 10!' All individuals (organisms) exist in a continually changing world of experience (phenomenal field) of which they are the center. If we are fortunate enough to be able to choose our counsellor I wonder what it is that we are choosing? I think it is worth considering what we want from our counsellor, so that we don't end up much further down the line with someone we didn't feel was for us in the first instance. I think this may be part of the healing process for some - are we able to listen to our own needs and take the responsibility to start to meet our own needs? or do we neglect ourselves and our needs? This maybe the first time we are able to make these kind of choices.. For some there may not be much of an option as to who we see as our counsellor. I wonder is this a hindrance to the therapeutic outcome? Hopefully we are lucky enough to have a counsellor that we can work with at forming a helpful, working relationship..If not do we tend to stay in relationships that are not helpful and have no real substance..? I am currently building a new page on coping techniques. Coping Techniques are just that, they are generally behaviours/exercises that we can do to help us through difficult times, especially episodes of anxiety.. Keep checking the page as it is in it's infancy at the moment, and I welcome any suggestion you find useful by email. Some of the research into effective psychotherapy shown that:
| Chris Rudyard MBACP
Professional, experienced counsellor/psychotherapist in Liverpool ArchivesApril 2012 CategoriesAll 
|
RSS Feed