Psychodynamic Definition Of Counselling

Definition of counselling.

My chosen definition of counselling is the one given by BACP:
“Counselling takes place when a counsellor sees a client in a private and confidential setting to explore a difficulty the client is having, distress they may be experiencing or perhaps their dissatisfaction with life, or loss of sense of direction and purpose. It is always at the request of the client as no one can properly be ‘sent’ for counselling...”
I like that definition the most as in my opinion it describes the relationship between the counsellor and the client in the best, accurate and clear way. It indicates exactly the role for the counsellor and gives the variety of cases the clients can seek for help and support. It explains the process of
The roots of psychodynamic therapy lie mainly in Freud’s psychoanalysis approach. The main aim of this therapy is to help the client to sort out, experience and understand the true, deeply hide feelings to straighten them out.
This therapy holds to idea that our unconscious hides our painful feelings and memories because they are too difficult for conscious mind to process. To help to keep them deep inside the mind, people can develop different defense mechanisms such as denial and projections and according to the therapy they can do more harm than good.
Psychodynamic therapy focuses primarily on current problems and attempt to find a quick solutions along with helping people with psychological disorders to make key changes to their decision making processes or interactions with others.
The therapist should aim to help the client to develop new ways of behavior and thinking to promote personal development and growth and finally to overcome any bonds caused by unconsciousness.
This therapy tends to be most effective in helping people with anxiety disorders, such as phobias or obsessive compulsory disorders and more specifically to those who are interested in exploring themselves to develop self-knowledge to relief the symptoms. They should have the ability to reflect and curiosity to understand their internal life and reasons why they behave in a specific
It explores how our thoughts and behavior are affected by the unconscious mind and tends to look if the events from early childhood have an impact on our life.
The aim of this therapy is to make significant changes in personality and emotional development that can take weeks, months or even years, depends on issues being explored.
It tries to help to understand the past and explain if the circumstances from early life can affect the present life looking for patterns or certain events and unconscious feelings about them, which could play a significant role in mental distress.
Psychoanalytic therapy can be helpful for people with specific emotional concern, but also for those who want to explore themselves to understand why they are the way they are, which can improve a sense of well-being. It is mostly considered as a long-term therapy and probably would be less useful for people seeking quick, solution-focused therapies. It is seen as a gradual process that takes time, but the results could be life changing.
This therapy will suite to resolve the problems such as anxiety, relationship difficulties, sexual issues, low self-esteem, also phobias, social shyness or difficulties with