There are a wide range of techniques available to ease psychological suffering. It is not the remit of this page to cover every type of therapy, but they broadly fall under two headings: counselling and psychotherapy.
In counselling, usually specific problems are focused on, such as bereavement or redundancy, rather than deep-seated personal issues. A counsellor is supportive and is trained to listen and encourage you to talk freely, but will probe less deeply into problems than a psychotherapist.
Training in counselling is usually shorter than for psychotherapy. It may be in specialist areas such as marital counselling, psycho-sexual counselling and bereavement, as well as a myriad of other issues related to specific problems, such as drug and alcohol counselling and AIDS counselling.
When visiting a counsellor, it is important, apart from checking their training and other credentials, to be sure that they are trained in the area relevant to you if you have a specific problem.
To read more, go to Stress in the Workplace:
See also:
- Psychotherapy
- Stress in the Workplace
treatment is especially useful in treating the following conditions:
addictions, AIDS, anorexia nervosa, anxiety, bereavements, bulilmia nervosa, cancer, compulsions, depression, grief, obsessions, phobias, sexual and relationship problems, stress.
