A psychotherapist is not the same person as a psychologist or psychiatrist. He has a different education and skills, supported by many hours of experience. Find out what to look for when choosing a good psychotherapist and what problems they can help you solve.

Contents:

  1. How to choose a psychotherapist?
  2. What does a visit to a psychotherapist look like?

How to choose a psychotherapist?

It is best whenpsychotherapistis a master of psychology who also graduated from a school of psychotherapy (now a psychotherapist can be any graduate of humanities or social studies who has undergone training in one of the schools educating psychotherapists) .

There are numerous schools and associations training in the profession of psychotherapist in Poland, most of them are certified by the Polish Psychological Association. Not all types of therapy are suitable for solving all problems. Therefore, do not seek help from a random specialist.

Read on the internet, ask your friends. If you cannot make up your mind, choose an office where specialists with different skills work. In a small team it is more difficult to select a therapist individually, in a large team it is possible to change it even during the therapy.

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What is coaching?

More and more people use the help of a coach, i.e. a personal development trainer. The purpose of such meetings is to get to know and use your opportunities in the best possible way and learn to invest in yourself.

The psychologist looks for the source of the problem and helps to solve it. It helps to discover what we want to achieve in our professional life and what gives us a sense of fulfillment in our personal life, and provides the support needed to achieve this goal.

It's good when the personal development trainer is a psychologist, and preferably a psychotherapist, because he will not only guide personal development, but also help solve an emotional problem, if one arises.

What does a visit to a psychotherapist look like?

Each person is different and requires a different approach. A proper relationship between the therapist and the patient is possible only when the person waiting for help feels understood and safe during the meeting.

Understanding here means accepting what the patient is saying and supporting him, but without judging or giving advice. Suchthe relationship makes it possible to build a therapeutic contact in which the patient talks about what he or she is struggling with.

A consultation meeting is important, where a psychologist or psychotherapist finds out what is going on and, on this basis, directs them to appropriate therapy, because not all of them are good for everyone.

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Psychologist: how is the visit and how to prepare for it?

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In each therapeutic school, specialists use different tools and behave differently during the meeting, therefore it is important to select a psychotherapist individually. This is important, because each patient has something different or needs something else.

Let us assume (to put it very simply) that the psychotherapist is a swimming coach, and the patient is a player.In psychodynamic therapythe trainer sits in the corner, the player swims, and he asks from time to time: how are you feeling (the therapist is withdrawn, follows her and her associations, mainly listening).

In the integrated streamthe trainer walks around the pool and suggests: think about how you want to swim, is it good for you (the therapist accompanies the patient).

In cognitive-behavioral therapymotivates to action: faster, you can do it, maybe you will try to swim one way or another.

Important

The psychotherapist will save the relationship?

More and more couples come through the therapists' offices to try to save the relationship. Until recently, women were more likely to initiate visits to a psychologist. Today, half of the couples come to therapy at the initiative of men, who are also becoming more and more involved in mending their relationships. Usually, therapy begins with improving mutual communication, because until the couple learn to talk to each other, other problems cannot be solved.

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