Psychotherapy- SERVICES I OFFER PART-3

Psychotherapy is not easy to describe in general statements and is often misunderstood. People often assume it’s just talk, advice where the client is a passive recipient of advice and ‘classes’. 

Its a scientific, research based practice that uses talk as a medium to facilitate your journey to recovery and wellness.

A process that you achieve greater awareness about yourself and how you relate to others. It is an intensive process that not only attends to the person’s immediate symptoms, but has a focus on the primary underlying aspects of somebody”s personality structure that might contribute to the problem.With greater awareness and a deeper understanding comes greater choice and the ability to exercise it. It basically goes to the root of the problem, ie within yourself, and can be looked upon as a thorough systemic cleanse of sorts. this enables you achieve greater awareness, thus a deeper understanding and eventually empowers you with a choice over your symptoms.

It calls for a very active effort on your part. In order for the therapy to be most successful, you will have to work on things we talk about both during our sessions and at home.

There are different schools of thought when it comes to the field. ( according to a recent review- 400!) ranging from psychoanalysis, psycho dynamic,cognitive behavioral, humanistic, emotion focused, solution focused, to name a few.  It varies depending on the personalities of the psychologist and patient, and the particular problems you bring forward.

You may experience uncomfortable feelings like sadness, guilt, anger, frustration, loneliness, and helplessness, Since therapy often involves discussing unpleasant aspects of your life, .

On the other hand, you gain a lot!- psychotherapy has also been shown to have benefits for people who go through it. Therapy often leads to better relationships, solutions to specific problems, and significant reductions in feelings of distress.

My training and background-  as a Clinical Psychologist  at NIMHANS, Bangalore, came with extensive training and experience all by itself. However, being really passionate about the field, I also chose to keep myself updated and learn newer forms of therapy in the last 8 years while I was parallely working. That amounts to more than 10000 hours of hands on experience which gives an edge to the services i provide. I tend to individualize my therapy plans by curating elements from various schools as per the unique need of my clients.