Counselling provides a safe and confidential
place in which
thoughts and feelings can be explored. Counselling is different from
social relationships because it is a professional working
relationship.It is about exploring feelings, becoming more aware of
issues affecting one's life and enabling a person to make changes ,
which will be beneficial. In the process links will be made between
the past and the present.
In
order to make a change one needs to have a clearer understanding
of what caused a particular problem in the first place. A painful
situation in the present may have its roots in the past, although
the individual may not be aware of the connection.
Psychodynamic
counselling assists a person to uncover these hidden links and allows
the individual greater freedom of thoughts and action. It also
includes an understanding of the network of relationships that
develop during growth into adulthood. A Psychodynamic counsellor
does not give advice, instead they will help the client to arrive at
his or
her own solution through insight.
Psychodynamic counsellors have
had intensive training in both theory and clinical work, in
open-ended and time-limited treatment.
