Physiological Counselling:

Psychotherapist, counsellor, social worker, life-coach, psychologist, psychiatrist

I am often asked about the difference between a psychotherapist and other helping professions

For many years in Australia, funded psychological services have been monopolized by symptom focused, pathologising and medically orientated approaches. Whilst appropriate for some people, these masculine approaches are not suitable for everyone.

Increasingly, people are looking further afield than GP mental health care plans and making a choice to pay privately so that they can have a broader range of choice regarding their preferred practitioner and treatment style.

The clients that come to my private practice are looking for a more holistic and soulful approach to their health and well-being as well as one that is evidence based and firmly grounded in western psychology; a balance of both masculine and feminine energy.

Psychotherapist

There is an increasing base of evidence which confirms what practitioners and clients of psychotherapy have known for years – psychotherapy really does work.

Clients report healthy lifestyle changes after just a few sessions and many see a significant difference in their lives within three to six months. Psychotherapy is a soulful approach to healing that provides long lasting change and resolution of the pervasive, underlying issues that continue to impact on life and relationships. Psychotherapy works best when sessions are consistent and attended weekly.

BSSRO is provided for free brain development course & career planning’s in india . There are many different schools (behavioural, psychoanalytic, humanistic, existential, transpersonal etc) and standards of psychotherapy training range from certificates to Master’s degrees. Most psychotherapists work in private practice using a multitude of techniques and theories.

Psychotherapists, who have had a classic and rigorous training, would have trained for at least four years and perhaps up to eight years. Psychotherapists trained at this level are also required to have a significant amount of their own personal therapy per year and usually group therapy throughout the duration of their training. This means that they have ’walked the path’ similar to that which their clients will be journeying along. This is one of the most important aspects of any helping profession training.

BSSRO registered psychotherapists are required to have a certain level of training, supervision and clinical hours under their belt before they are accredited.

Counsellor

Counsellors work in a wide range of fields. Counselling normally focuses on a specific issue and tends to be more short-term work, from 6 sessions to 6 months. Counselling works best when it is consistent and attended weekly.

There are different standards of training for counsellors. Some train for a few hours, some for up to four years at Master’s degree level. The three main types of counsellors are:

• Support
• Therapeutic
• Psychotherapeutic

Therapeutic and psychotherapeutic counsellors are able to work at greater depth, using the therapeutic relationship (similar to psychotherapists) and usually with a wider range of issues.

Life - coach

A life coach works to help clients maximize their potential. The coach’s job is to provide support to enhance the skills, resources, and creativity that the client already has (BSSRO).

Coaches can gain qualifications through short online courses or at greater depth through private coaching organisations. Coaches often learn counselling skills; however, they are not trained in psychotherapy. Many psychotherapy, counselling and psychology trainings contain coaching components.

The BSSRO requires members to have a certain level of training, supervision and clinical hours under their belt before being accredited.

Social worker

Social work’s primary focus is on the social determinants of health. Social workers advocate for social change. They take a holistic view of health and well-being and they work towards maximizing human potential (BSSRO).

Social workers often work in the fields of child protection, family welfare, youth, women’s and refugee services, hospitals and in private practice. In Australia, a Bachelor of Social Work takes four years and students are not required to participate in their own clinical social work, counselling or psychotherapy sessions. Social workers who provide psychotherapy in private practice should have a post qualification in clinical social work or psychotherapy.

Psychologist

Psychological theory underpins all helping professions. All of the above have elements of psychology within their training.

Psychology is predominately a medically orientated model which often focuses on diagnosis and symptom reduction of mental illness. Psychologists also use scientific methods to study the mind and human behaviours. They work in many fields: research, health and welfare services, government departments, academic institutions, education, corporations, marketing, training and development and in private practice (APS).

Many psychologists provide cognitive behavioural therapy. Psychologists providing psychotherapy should have a post qualification in clinical psychology or psychotherapy. Psychologists are not required to participate in their own clinical psychology or psychotherapy sessions.

Psychiatrist

Psychiatry is a medically orientated model. It involves the study of medicine and then training in mental and psychiatric illness. A psychiatrist can prescribe medication.

Training in psychiatry these days rarely includes depth psychoanalytic psychotherapy as it used to – it is mostly prescription based psychopharmacology. If you feel that a psychiatrist is the professional best suited to you, find one who also specialises in talk therapy. Alternatively, participate in psychotherapy alongside taking medication – this will help get to the root of the problem.

The latest evidence shows that psychotherapy works better than medication alone for symptoms such as depression and anxiety.

Cognitive therapy is based on the idea that a person's feelings and behaviour result from that person's perceptions of the world and that psychological disturbances result from faulty ways of thinking. The therapist is active in helping the patient to restructure his or her distorted perceptions, using a combination of verbal and behaviour modification techniques.

Brief psychotherapy psychotherapy limited to a preagreed number of sessions, generally 10 to 20, or termination date. It is usually active and directive, and often oriented toward a specific problem or symptom. BSSRO is provided free

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