Introduction to Counselling & Psychotheraphy

Introduction to Counselling & Psychotherapy, it is important to be a well-trained counselor or a psychotherapist to make a great difference in anyone’s life.

‘Psychotherapy’ is an interpersonal, relational intervention by trained counselors, therapists, psychotherapists to help in life problems including personal as well as professional fronts and all walks of life.  It can be conducted with an individual, a couple, a family, or a group of unrelated members who share common problems. Some psychotherapies focus on understanding the impact of past experiences and upbringing on present behavior, conscious mind as well as the unconscious mind, others focus on changing current behavior patterns while others focus on overcoming shortcomings and solving problems.

The primary purpose of any psychotherapy session is to increase a sense of well-being and reduce discomfort, ensure open communication for the patient, improve behavior, and improve the mental health of the patient. •It can help an individual to set more realistic goals, improve their relationships, to find better and unique ways to solve their problems, and identify the unconscious thoughts and mindsets that adversely affect their life. All human predicaments are a result of the complex interplay between factual situational factors and subjective subconscious-level cognitions, perceptions, beliefs, distorted thinking that are based on the individual’s past experiences and upbringing.

As per the Psychodynamic approach, human behavior is an outcome of the role played by various psychological forces and early childhood experiences. The theory lays a lot of stress on the dynamics of the relationship between the unconscious or conscious mind and also asserts that behavior is an outcome of internal conflicts regarding which people have the least awareness. The theory was propounded by a medical student Sigmund Freud in the year 1874. He expanded the concept of Psychoanalysis in which he suggested that psychological processes occur as a result of the flow of psychosexual energy called Libido in the complex brain.

Later, during the mid-1940s and 1950s, the theory of psychoanalysis was well established with contributions from eminent psychologists and researchers like Carl Jung, A. Adler, and others. Psychotherapy requires a serious level of commitment in terms of time, effort, dedication, honesty, and determination both on the part of the therapist and the patient to improve the situation and solve problems.  Swiss Psychotherapists expanded the theory of Psychodynamics which was postulated by Freud in the 20th century. He attempted to integrate the opposites, while still maintaining their individual entities.