Psychic Counselling is all about opening up one’s psychic consciousness. The science of Psychological Counselling tells us that we should be a product of our decisions and not of our circumstances. Being a psychotherapist one should always remember that for each patient one sees he/she might be the only person in their life capable of both hearing and holding their pain. Yes! That is scary, but that is what psychotherapy is all about. The purpose of psychotherapy is to set people free since there is no agony like bearing an untold story. Psychology states that a mind which is stretched by new experiences can never go back to its old dimensions. Psychotherapy is a recurrent process from solitude to relationship. It is recurrent because the patient, in fear of existential solitude connects deeply and meaningfully to the therapist, and then motivated by this face-off he/she can is able to confront with the existential solitude.
To quote a few lines from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth,
“Macbeth: How does your patient, doctor?
Doctor: Not so sick, my lord, as she is troubled with thick-coming fancies that keep her from rest.
Macbeth: Cure her of that! Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, raze out the written troubles of the brain, and with some sweet oblivious antidote cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff which weighs upon her heart.
Doctor: Therein the patient must minister to himself.”
There are hundreds of counselling techniques to treat psychological sufferings or physical illness that have stemmed from psychological illnesses. These therapies urge the patient to converse about their innermost apprehensions, the traumas that they have gone through as well as going through in the present.
Evidence of the effectiveness of psychotherapy and counselling for people with particular diagnoses, including the differential effectiveness of specific types of therapy. The diagnostic areas/presenting problems considered were:
- depression including post-natal depression;
- anxiety disorders including generalised anxiety, panic and agoraphobia, social phobia, post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder;
- eating disorders;
- somatic presentations including chronic pain, chronic fatigue, gastrointestinal problems and gynaelogical problems.
Psychological therapy should be routinely considered as a treatment option when assessing mental health problems. This principle is important in decisions by the General Physicians and their patients about the option of psychological therapy, because “therapeutic alliance” is the single best predictor of benefit. A good working relationship in therapy does not necessarily mean the absence of conflict or difficulty, but a fundamental agreement on the golas and tasks of therapy and spine level of commitment to the relationship. If this is lacking, the therapy is less likely to be helpful, whatever other research evidence; may recommend it in general terms. If this occurs, a second opportunity to establish a working relationship is advisable.
Psychological treatment has been found effective in the treatment of depression in general adult and older adult populations, including inpatient care. Cognitive behaviour therapy and interpersonal therapy in particular have been found efficacious in the treatment of depression, with best evidences for cognitive behaviour therapy. Behavioural therapy, problem-solving therapy, group therapy and marital and family interventions have all shown some evidence of efficacy. Psychodynamic interpersonal therapy has also shown evidence of effectiveness. Time-limited depression targeted psychotherapies are efficacious when transferred from, psychiatric to primary care settings. Exposure-based treatment and CBT have shown efficacy in the treatment of agoraphobia, although exposure may be less effective on measures of panic
