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Life's
problems often have their source in the childhood, the therapist
helps the client:
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Identify what it is they want.
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How they can now
use their resources to achieve their goals, rather than remaining
'stuck in their problem'.
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This leads to living in the present rather
than living in the past, or being afraid of the future.
Four steps of therapy:
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Contact: developing your
relationship with the therapist.
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Contract: deciding what you are
wanting to change.
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Content: dealing with the issues.
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Concluding: dealing with the ending
of the relationship.
I often think of psychotherapy
being in two
stages... the first dealing with the immediate difficulties... what is
bringing you to therapy now and the second stage dealing with the
underlying (in TA terms... script issues) issues. The first stage can
often be relatively short term, while the second stage is dealing with underlying issues
which usually
require longer term therapy.
TA
is a humanistic therapy, believing that the client knows best what
they want and have the resources within themselves to achieve their
desires. The role of the therapist is to promote the clients autonomy
and their inner healing.
Counselling: Is
used in a similar way to psychotherapy, however it's focus is usually
to resolve current specific problems, without exploring or resolving the
underlying issues.
In the UK to qualify as a counsellor takes
approximately half the time it does to train as a psychotherapist... In
some countries such as Austria and Germany counsellor training is on
a par with psychotherapy training.
In Germany counselling is known as
"Beratung"- this covers far more than
psychotherapeutic counselling and includes areas such as coaching,
conflict resolution and leadership training as well as personal
and professional development... see Uta's site
www.ta-coaching.co.uk or her german site
www.ta-beratung.de.
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