What is counselling? To many people, the term “counselling” is a catch-all phrase, a generality that encompasses all the talking therapies without singling out any one form of therapy. This is not necessarily wrong, but counselling is also a talking therapy in its own right.
Many people have innate counselling skills; good friends, for example, who have a knack for listening to what you are saying, posing questions about what you have said and giving you a chance to consider your own thoughts. And so it is with a professionally-trained counselor, with the essential element of being dispassionate, standing apart from what you are saying and posing more-searching questions without fear of risking a friendship counselor or damaging a long-standing relationship
A trained counselor will also not give advice – many friends can’t resist doing so – although a professional counselor is likely to suggest courses of action for you to consider and might also recommend exercises for you to do between sessions. Professional counselors will also guarantee you time in private – so you can speak openly as well as confidentiality – there is no chance of gossip between friends. The structure of formal sessions with a professional is also more beneficial than ad-hoc chats.
For many therapists, straightforward counselling is one of the first therapies they study. They then go on, as have our therapists, to study other forms of counselling, expanding their skills to provide a broader range of services. In our case, we offer a blend of therapies to suit each client, always first discussing options with the client before agreeing to an approach.
Counselling helps people deal with and overcome challenging emotional experiences such as depression, relationship difficulties, redundancy, bereavement, low self-esteem, eating disorders, the rollercoaster that is parenthood, stress anything that affects your emotional well-being
In addition to counselling, the therapies we provide at our London therapy rooms are: cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), eye movement desensitisation reprocessing (EMDR), emotional freedom technique (EFT), existential counselling, Gestalt therapy, humanistic psychotherapy, hypnobirthing, hypnotherapy, integrative counselling, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), person-centered counselling, psychotherapy, psychoanalytical therapy, psychodynamic therapy, and sensorimotor psychotherapy.
There is more information about each of these therapies on our website https://pinnacletherapy.co.uk/
If you would like to explore whether therapy for depression, or any other emotionally challenging issue, would be right for you, and which form of treatment is likely to have the greatest effect, visit https://pinnacletherapy.co.uk/contact-find-pinnacle-therapy/. We provide therapy: in London, Leadenhall Street – Marylebone – Mayfair and facilities in Isle of Man.
