If you are facing difficulties and want to address them in a lasting manner, psychotherapy provides a powerful tool for positive change.
You can learn how to deal with the root cause of problems and create strong, dependable foundations, upon which to move forward.
CBT is a therapy that is particularly helpful for addressing issues such as, anxiety, depression and obsessions.
This approach includes excercises and behavioural experiments you can practice both inside and outside of the therapy setting.
An effective course of counselling can provide you with a helpful perspective upon troubling issues.
Even more importantly, it can equip you with effective strategies and tools, that don't just enable you to feel better now, but instill you with the confidence to enjoy a better life and manage future challenges with more ease.
Mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) takes the proven method of examining the relationships between thoughts, feelings, and behaviours that makes cognitive therapy so effective and adds another element: mindfulness. It combines these two approaches to help you train your mind to be with thoughts and feelings in a manner that increases peace of mind and personal well being. It was originally designed to help prevent recurring bouts of depression. However, it can also be helpful with other conditions.
Life coaching provides some great strategies and techniques for making changes in your life. It can show you how to clarify your goals and commit to taking positive steps, so you can achieve more of what you want from life.
It works best with people who feel psychologically strong and stable.
People often wonder what approach will work best for them, counselling, coaching or psychotherapy?
Whatever challenges you are facing from day to day, each approach has certain strengths and limitations attached to it.
Here we provide some useful pointers to help you understand the differences between counselling, coaching and psychotherapy.
This page was written by Maggie Morrow (MSc, BSc, Adv Dip, UKCP) and medically reviewed in March 2020.
