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Does group therapy for low self-esteem exist? I have looked for hours on the net and couldn't find it. If yes, where can I find it?

Maybe, I can't tell you for sure.However, I know that group therapy for anxiety, depression, and other mental illnesses where self-esteem issues is a major symptom exists. Perhaps you should look into that, and see if you'd be a fit. Talk to your doctor, psychologist, or psychiatrist about your options.Does group therapy for low self-esteem exist? […]

What is tounge therapy? How can we use it?

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What is couples’ therapy?

Couples therapy, is an interaction between a therapist and the couples, in which the therapist listens to their problems and helps them to understand their relationship better, resolve conflicts and satisfaction by utilizing a range of therapeutic interventions. These therapies can be provided by the experienced and licensed therapists who would have a deep understanding of the different relationships.What a couples therapy include?The process and the therapeutic interventions of a couples therapy vary depending on the therapeutic orientations of the therapists, but there are some general elements around which a couples therapy rotates. These elements are:Detection of the main conflicts and a focus on their causes.Participation of both the partners on the part of the therapist.Individual consultation of both the partners for accepting each other.Solution-focused interventions aiming at changing the thinking and behavior of partners about each other.Establishment of the clear objectives of the couple therapy

How does a counselor introduce themselves during a group therapy session?

Are you studying group counseling?

There's no formula. The goal is not to impress anyone, but to introduce yourself and to connect with each patient, so they feel they have a relationship with you and that it's safe to talk in group.

You will have to explain what the group is about and maybe give the clients a way to think about the group and eating disorders. In that case, a quote would be helpful, but not necessary.

PS: A possible opening outline might be the following:

-Welcome everyone and introduce yourself.
-Clarify what your group is about so that everyone is in the right place.
-Explain a bit about eating disorders, the group's purpose and how the group works. A quote here to explain eating disorders or to express hope in a pithy way is useful, but not necessary. Answer any questions
-Discuss group "housekeeping" issues, such as clarifying start and end times, where the bathrooms are, and basic group rules such as "being on time", no smoking, avoid perfumes, etc.
-Discuss group confidentiality and get people to agree.
-Ask clients to introduce themselves.

Good luck!

Are therapy sessions exhausting for psychotherapists?

It depends how things are going.If things are going well and the client is making progress, this can feel quite rewarding. The therapist might even feel that this is why they got into this line of work- to truly help people. So that kind of session can be quite gratifying, and give energy to the therapist.If the therapist feels that he or she is missing something, not understanding something, and things are not going well- perhaps because they lack the skills to help a particular client- that can be quite frustrating and draining. When a therapist is having that kind of experience and wondering if the problem is with how they are working with the client- quite often at that point the therapist will seek consultation with another therapist to get some new perspective and ideas. When the therapist is having this kind of experience sometimes they will refer the client to another therapist, hoping the other therapist can be of more help to them.There are clients that therapists may be doing a good job working with who therapy sessions with are nonetheless exhausting. As another therapist noted, people who have borderline personality disorder can be exhausting to work with. Some therapists can sense a draining feeling and the exhaustion of working with a borderline person physically. Sometimes therapists will note that they repeatedly feel unwell when meeting with a particular client- which is a red flag to rule out borderline personality disorder. (Not all therapists have this physical reaction to people who have borderline personality disorder.)There are also people who come to counseling and do not want to do the work of therapy, do not want things to change or get better. Such a client will do whatever he or she can to defeat the therapist’s attempts to help them- including not talking about what is bothering them, and not following through on suggestions the therapist makes. The client will sometimes do those things while at the same time berating the therapist for the lack of progress. Now THAT is exhausting. With clients who are presenting in this manner, having a really clear treatment plan with built-in periodic reviews of what the therapist and the client have been doing (or not doing) to facilitate change helps.

Do therapists get with each other privately to talk about their clients?

I will speak for most psychologists. Most psychologists do not tend to talk to other psychologists about their current patients very often. If they do, it is usually to do a brief case consultation about something with which they are experiencing difficulty (e.g., an ethical dilemma). There is no personally identifying information given that could allow the psychologist being consulted to learn the identity of the patient. Most psychologists have a statement in their consent forms informing new patients that they may consult occasionally with a colleague about a case without sharing identifying information about a patient.Of course, to be honest, we occasionally tell a funny story about something from an evaluation or a therapy session, not using any identifying information and often not talking about a current patient. For example, I have told a story about a patient laughing at me for dropping a cup of coffee on my floor when I missed my desk as I tried to put it down. I have told generic stories of lessons learned about childhood abuse that guide my own parenting techniques. I told a story about a patient, who was intoxicated, falling asleep during a psychological evaluation years ago. However, these stories are told with some details camouflaged (the time it happened, the state where it happened, the gender and age of the patient, the type of service they were receiving) so that the listener could never figure out who the patient was. There are plenty of times I cannot tell a funny or interesting story involving a patient because it is a current patient or because I cannot disguise the details of the story adequately, so I just keep it to myself. Confidentiality is a serious ethical, legal, moral, and professional issue. so protecting confidentiality comes first.

Do people see more than one therapist?

Some do. Generally, I’d say it’s not the best idea- unnecessarily complicated- to see more than one at a time for the same struggles. Two different therapists performing two different modalities and approaches (ex: one doing interpersonal psychotherapy, the other EMDR or hypnotherapy) sure. Why not. As long as they’re complimentary; both serving the client’s highest and best interest.I have only had one or two people tell me they’re seeing other therapists while working with me where it was essentially duplicate service. Rather than have any hard or fast rules about it (everyone should have self-determination) what interested me most were the entirely personal reasons, motivations, beliefs and expectations behind the choice. It was good grist for the mill that helped me understand much about how each person thought about and navigated their interpersonal world. Both ultimately whittled down to one, by their own choosing. So that says something I suppose.It’s tempting to think that if one is good, two are better, etc. With some things, in some contexts, probably true. For many reasons, not so much with psychotherapy I think, unless, as mentioned, they’re different but complimentary modalities and approaches.

Have you ever just realized that nothing in therapy will help you? I have complex PTSD. My therapist wants me to find a therapy that I want her to do because I have not responded well to the ones she has tried. I feel like just giving up.

I have complex PTSD, too. Keep looking for a therapist who understands and treats that, and not just regular PTSD. They are different. And keep in mind that halllmarks of complex PTSD include repeated instances of abuse (rather than one traumatic experience), and a feeling of not being able to get away from the abuse. These feelings and experiences can get repeated often in later life with other people. So you are not just dealing with your early experiences, but with ongoing repetitions of it. You need to work on both of those. A good therapist will lead you through that. They will not just focus on the early abuse, but help you identify and deal with the repetitions.

What are the best self-guides for dialectical behavioral therapy?

Any of the books by Marsha Linehan or Kelly Koerner. Though I should warn you, it's very difficult to work through this material by yourself. You should find a qualified therapist. By that I mean, there are a lot of therapists out there who claim to be "doing DBT," who at best have a tangential relationship to it. Manually-compliant DBT involves individual 1:1 therapy, going to a DBT skills group, and then the therapists all meet together as a consultation team. If you therapist is missing one of these elements, then it's not true DBT. Having said this, I've found that the individual DBT modules are really helpful for other psychological problems. For example, the interpersonal effectiveness (IE) skills are ideal for someone with social anxiety, and the distress tolerance (DT) skills are ideal for someone with anger management issues. Do some research and find out what you're getting into. While DBT absolutely is the most effective therapy for borderline personality disorder (BPD), it requires a genuine commitment to change.

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