Transformation trough psychotherapy
At some point in our lives, we may appear at a crossroads knowing some change is needed but being unsure about the form and extent of change we are ready to embrace. Whereas a transition is more of a straight path from one step to another, transformation involves an intense change.
Psychotherapy is effectively for various psychological problems such as depression, anxiety, phobias, bipolar disorder, OCD but also for personality disorders and dependencies. Usually, the treatment focuses on one person’s life. In the marriage psychotherapy the subject of the proces is the relationship of two people who found themself in a crisis. Marriage psychotherapy is an effective method helping the couple to overcome their differences in the relationship protecting the family from disintegration.
Psychotherapy aims to support people through a substantial change that helps them develop, grow, and, eventually, change their life.
Techniques and goals
The underlying principle of Psychotherapy is the scrutiny of everything that could serve the change. Depending on the method psychotherapy follows the two main roads. One of them is the behaviourism based on the principal of conditioning. The second is based on the psychodynamic approach looking more “behind the scenes” trying to find the root cause of the problem. Today those scholls are not separated by a sharp boundary. Behaviourism is using some elements of psychodynamic methods, and vice versa. The modern psychotherapeutic procedures include client centred holistic approach towards the person’s life. Ideally the psychotherapy involves building an understanding of the person’s trough self, his hidden “blueprint” for life.
The psychotherapy shouldn’t be misunderstood as a “mental short cut” finding the solution for person’s problems in weeks. It takes always time, at least one year to close the “inner gap” between the superficial understanding, the Ego-Consciousness. The symptoms appear by the tension created by the gap between our inner needs and the conscious self, e.g. the superficial understanding of what we are.
Sustainable Change
The main objective of the psychotherapy is the sustainable, enduring change. The person gains an insight into his uniqueness, developing awareness of his specific skills and talents facilitating the way to “be yourself”.
While sustainable change is the main benefit, there are many other worthwhile outcomes of the transformational journey, such as:
- Gaining awareness about person’s assumptions, fears, dreams, talents, cultural stimuli
- Shifting to an empowered perspective and mindset
- Realising that we are part of the society, and that proper growth can’t happen in isolation.
Conclusion
The main aim of psychotherapy is to devise the exceptional future the person aims for. Psychotherapy is a procedure with the potential to produce extraordinary results through consistency of the therapeutic proces and less trough the frequency of the sessions. Time used therapeutically is itself a therapeutic agent. The person needs time to reflect on his life and to implement the changes of his “life paradigm”.