About Counselling
1. What is counselling?
Ans: Counselling is a helping approach that highlights the emotional and intellectual experience of a client.
How a client is feeling and what they think about the problem they have sought help for.
2. What is the benefit of counselling?
Ans: The benefits of counselling include a greater degree of self-awareness and understanding of yourself and others. This improves self-esteem, and becomes reflective in your personal relationships. Life feels more enjoyable and fun! You feel better about yourself and who you are.
3.Mention some key benefits of counselling.
Ans: i) See Your Thoughts from a Different Perspective.
ii)Cathartic Experience
iii)Time Set Aside to Confront Feelings
iv) Couples Benefit from a Neutral Party
v)Feel Less Alone With Your Problems.
vi)Find it Easier to Cope in Everyday Life
vii) Share the Burden of Your Emotions
viii)
Improve Your Physical Wellbeing.
ix)Greater Degree of Self-Awareness.
4.Who needs counselling?
Ans: Counselling is for people who are wanting more joy in their lives.
Counselling is for people who want more solid and/or intimate relationships.
Counselling is for people who want better sex lives.
Counselling is for people who want to experience more peace of mind.
Counselling is for people who want greater self-awareness.
Counselling is for people who are curious about knowing and understanding themselves in greater depth.
Counselling is for everyone!
5.How do you know you need therapy?
Ans: The American Psychological Association suggests considering therapy when something causes distress and interferes with some part of life, particularly when: Thinking about or coping with the issue takes up at least an hour each day. The issue causes embarrassment or makes you want to avoid others.
6.How often should you have counselling?
Ans: Therapy has been found to be most productive when incorporated into a client's lifestyle for approximately 12-16 sessions, most typically delivered in once weekly sessions for 45 minutes each. For most folks that turns out to be about 3-4 months of once weekly sessions.
7.Who can Benefit from Psychological Therapies?
Anyone can benefit from counselling, sometimes it’s just good to talk to someone. Young people, middle-aged and the elderly have been known to gain value from talking therapy, it doesn’t matter what age you are. Whether you’re suffering from an eating disorder, bipolar disorder, having difficulties in your marriage, looking for relationship counselling or just need someone to speak to through a tough time, therapy works and it can work for you too.
8. What is online counselling?
Ans. Online counseling is the provision of professional mental health counseling services through the Internet. Services are typically offered via email, real-time chat, and video conferencing.
9. What are the advantages of online counselling?
Ans:Advantages of Online Counselling are as follows:
Accessibility. Web counselling is easily accessible to all those who wish to use it. Online therapy overcomes barriers that may preclude others from seeking therapy. ...Convenience. Online therapy is convenient. ...Affordability. Web counselling has been shown to be more economical for both the therapist and the client.
10. What is online counselling called?
Ans: Online therapy, also known as e-therapy, e-counseling, teletherapy, or cyber-counseling, involves providing mental health services and support over the internet. This can occur through email, text messaging, video conferencing, online chat, messaging, or internet phone.
11.Is Online Therapy Effective?
Ans: Yes. Online therapy can be equally as effective as in-person treatment. Here's what research has found: A 2014 study published in Behaviour Research and Therapy found that online cognitive behavioral therapy was effective in treating anxiety disorders.
12. What are the different types of counselling?
Ans: Individual counseling is the most common type of counseling that focuses on the growth and mental health of an individual.
Couples or marriage counseling focuses on assisting couples in overcoming conflict and working towards a stronger relationship.
Family counseling involves the different familial dynamics and how they affect the family structure.
Group counseling is the use of group interaction to facilitate growth.