Online counselling. Counselling to improve feelings. Approaches – Ivana Straska
Approaches

Approaches

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Areas of treatment

  • Stress, Chronic and Physical Pain, Aging, Anxiety, Depression, Fear, Personal & life challenges, Self-esteem, Social life, Relationships, Mental discomfort, Challenging behaviors (obsession & compulsion), Eating disorder, Spiritual development,

Approaches

  • Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness, Emotional Freedom Technique, Energy Healing, Emotional Balancing

A. Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)

Main characteristics: What is contributing the problem?

Areas: Challenging communication, relationship, self esteem,fear, mental disorder, anxiety, stress, disorganization

Main focus:

Resolve the way of thinking – feeling – behaving; re-frame thinking process

Psycho-therapeutic approach to deal with dysfunctional emotions, cognition (thinking) and behaviors

Focus on the present moment – how we feel about the problem now

Relationship between the client and therapist may look more like coach and client relationship

My favorite features:

Research proved it significantly decreases use of medication in any of the mental challenges including insomnia and severe depression

22 % of parents of children with ASD use CBT

B. Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

Mindfulness = calm awareness

Main characteristics: Accept thoughts and feelings without judgment

Areas: Anxiety, depression, frustration, anger, self-esteem, stress, emotional instability, relationships, aging

Main focus:

Alternate tendency to get drown into automatic reactions (pattern or automatic way of thinking – feeling – behaving)

Learn how to pay attention or concentrate with purpose, in each moment and without judgment

Recognize that holding onto some feeling is ineffective and mentally destructive

Increase quality of life, ability to recognize reasons of actions of the others, purpose, acceptance and solution

Expend focus, attention, imagination, flexibility

Therapist creates trustful, caring and sharing relationship

My favorites:

It helps creating a kinder, more loving and thoughtful environment

Mindfulness increases satisfaction and creates positive interaction

Lower stress level, improved relationships and self-esteem

Solution focus through calmness and awareness

C. Holistic Psychotherapy

Main characteristics: Based on the concept of body – mind – soul

  • Blend eastern methods of healing with western psychotherapy techniques.

  • It recognizes that individuals have all the answers and the psychotherapy helps to access those answers with understanding, appreciation and joy.

  • Awakens and activates chakras correlated to the basic state of consciousness that have significant impact upon physical body and psychological state

Areas: Stress, abusive childhood, mental distress, personal growth, mental wellness, prevention of psychological collapse, lack of intimacy, self-esteem, depression, fear

Main focus:

Open and build upon the concept body – mind – spirit

Doesn’t provide solutions

Opens additional sources to see life experience

Identify the core of problems

Guidance to manageable, stable and empowering life experience

Understand the problem form the higher perspective

Therapist provides guidance through experiences that haven’t been solved.

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