Can therapy produce results?
There is often discussion about the merits of therapy and whether it does 'work'. If it does work in the short term can it bring lasting benefits to the client?
Research shows, and it is also my own experience, that there are two baseline ingredients necessary to achieve good results in therapeutic work:
- a strong collaborative working relationship between the client and an experienced counsellor
- a sense of the client really wanting to achieve change
If a client feels able to share their inner thoughts and feelings with the therapist, the potential for real progress exists. It is important that the client chooses a counsellor who they really feel they can work with. It doesn't guarantee progress but, without it, progress is unlikely.
Factors that can make a difference for any individual client include; the counsellor's, age, gender, ethnicity and sexuality. Not all counsellors will be right for an individual client. If the client doesn't feel able to work with one counsellor, another counsellor may be more appropriate for their needs. Therefore it's often helpful to try another counsellor if one situation doesn't feel as if its working, rather than stopping therapy altogether.
Press articles often discuss this and it has been the subject of TV shows as well. For an interesting recent article on this subject
click here.
Please
contact me if you feel now is the time to try a new approach.
I offer individual counselling, couple counselling, family therapy and psychotherapy near
Hook in North East Hampshire, within easy reach of Basingstoke, Reading, Bramley, Spencers Wood, Fleet, Hartley Wintney, Farnborough, Farnham, Wokingham and Odiham.
