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Does relationship counselling work? How about individual therapy for anxiety and depression. Associated Counsellors & Psychologists Sydney, a leading service provider, answers your questions about counselling therapy.

One of the most common questions asked by clients is: ”Does counselling really work?” Like our clients, you could be looking for help for a relationship, with anxiety or stress, or perhaps low mood or depression. Whatever the reasons causing your concern, there’s good news: clinical counselling has proven to help people with common mental health complaints like anxiety and depression. And importantly also, counselling for marriage or couple issues is also a helpful therapy for helping couples improve their relationship.

How does counselling work?
There are many different modalities which counsellors can employ to help you. The chosen mode will depend on a counsellors training and their judgement of your difficulty. Some of the best validated treatments for anxiety and depression include cognitive behavioural therapy. This treatment works considering behaviours and thoughts that generally increase your level of anxiety or depression, and help you to overcome this habitual response. For example, people who suffer anxiety could be telling themselves things such as: ”I will never make it”, or ”I will be terribly embarrassed if people see how nervous I am”. Such beliefs are identified together with your therapist, and different, more accurate self-representations are used to challenge these beliefs. With ongoing practice and some skills training like relaxation, great results are experienced by most people.

Can relationship counselling help my partnership?
Relationships go through phases, from the initial honeymoon stage to a maturing of the relationships. For nearly everyone, as a relationship matures, so do lifestyle demands and responsibility, whether it’s in the form of increased work pressure or children coming into the family, etc. As these common pressures increase, the partners in a relationship are no longer able to accommodate the other’s emotional needs, and conflict may develop - often into frequent and recurring arguments. Relationship counselling helps each person to learn to calm their own distress, whilst also learning to identify and name any underlying needs that are not satisfactory. Partners begin to negotiate what they can do for each other and which demands may need to go unmet. A new, more realistic life plan is recognised and can be worked with.

What issues can therapists help with?
Therapists and psychologists are familiar with assisting through a wide range of issues including anxiety or stress, depression or sadness, couple and marriage issues, grief and bereavement, addictions, anger management, eating disorders and many other complaints of modern living.

How do I choose a counsellor or psychologist?
Contact a registered counsellor or psychologist for a start to a better life. Licenced mental health professionals are able to help you to overcome emotional challenges. Depending on the country you are in you can get assistance from the professional body that registers psychologists or counsellors in your state. In Australia, Associated Counsellors & Psychologists Sydney are able to offer details of a registered therapist near you.

Associated Counsellors & Psychologists Sydney - Sydney counselling services including, cognitive therapy, general counselling, psychology and relationship counselling Sydney. Call (02)8205 0566 or visit 418/185 Elizabeth Street, Sydney 2000.