Different types of psychotherapy

Different Types Of Psychotherapy Ottawa Counselling and Psychotherapy Centre

Sometimes life will give you challenges that you cant handle or resolve alone. When serious life challenges like divorce, addiction, a death of loved ones, separation, career or lifestyle changes that greatly and negatively affect your life, and abuse, come your way, you will need someone professional to support you and help you to successfully get through them.

When faced with various life challenges, sometimes you need the guide and help of a professional therapist or counsellor in order for you to cope and successfully get through them. Some of these life challenges include alcohol or drug addiction, divorce, a death of loved ones, separation, career or lifestyle changes that greatly and negatively affect your life, and abuse, among others. One of the common ways to mend physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological issues and conditions is through psychotherapy.

There are various approaches to psychotherapy. Each of these approaches or techniques has its own applications, pros, and cons. It is better to understand what these different techniques are and which of them is the most appropriate for you before you finally decide to start the therapy session. Let us take a look at the most common psychotherapy approaches used by many psychotherapists and counsellors in Ottawa.

Counselling Therapy Counselling therapy is perhaps the most popular and most widely used talking therapy. It is commonly used to help people who are dealing with anger problems, relationship issues (including divorce and family problems),

low

self-esteem,

depression,

infertility,

anxiety,

bereavement, eating disorder, and other difficult emotional issues.

Through this type of talking therapy, the trained and licensed therapist will allow you to share your thoughts and feelings in a secure and neutral setting and from the information you have provided, he or she will help you find the different ways to resolve your problems and to deal with your emotional issues.

Grief Counselling Ottawa

Grief counselling Ottawa is a type of counseling therapy that is designed to help people cope with the feeling of grief or loss due to loss of employment, loss of loved ones, or significant life changes.

Somatic Experiencing Ottawa Somatic experiencing Ottawa or somatic therapy is an alternative form of therapy that aims to identify the connection between the mind and body in order to treat PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder and other physical and mental trauma associated to health conditions. This body-centered therapy is focused on your somatic experiences or your perceived body sensations.

Emotion-Focused Therapy Ottawa The emotion focused therapy Ottawa or emotionally focused therapy (EFT)is a short-term family-related approach that helps individuals, families, and couples deal with a sense of betrayal, fear, bonding, loss of trust, attachments, anger, and other relationship issues. It can likewise help couples in coping with difficult emotions like trauma, fear, and depression associated with the serious illness of their child or their own health problems.

Motivational Interviewing Ottawa Motivational interviewing or MI is a client-centered and goal-oriented counseling approach that can help you and the counsellor identify, explore, and resolve your insecurities and your other ambivalent feelings in order for you to know which internal motivation is required for behavior change. It is usually used for people who are dealing with all sorts of addictions and those who are managing physical health problems or conditions like asthma, heart disease, and diabetes.

During the motivational interviewing session, the motivational interviewer will encourage you to talk not only about your insecurities, problems, and ambivalent feelings but also about why you want or

need to change your behaviour/lifestyle in a very supportive manner.

This short-term, practical, and empathetic approach also involves considering how challenging it is for you to make changes in your life and behaviour.