Psychotherapy is the use and application of psychological knowledge to help
people understand themselves and begin to make appropriate changes, or to be
comfortable with who they are.
Psychotherapy has several different theoretical models that have developed over
time, including psycho-analysis, Gestalt therapy, Jungian Analysis, Rational-Emotive
Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural therapy amongst others.
At the Advanced Therapy Partnership,we have
adapted some of the best ideas from these differing schools of thought in order
to help people achieve not only a rapid rate of improvement but also a lasting
one.
Frequently, we use a cognitive–behavioural
model that seeks to look at the process behind thought, and understand how it
has developed, and of course how to change negative thought processes into
positive ones.
Most of the time, we can deal with most of our
problems, habits and anxieties ourselves. However, there may come a time when things are such that we need a bit
of help. Many psychotherapeutic techniques
have been developed to find a way to assist during times of difficulty, when
answers and solutions are difficult to find
.
It is worth paying for the service of a
professional registered skilled therapist who has such specialised knowledge,
training, skills and experiences to help. A registered professional therapist will
adhere to a professional code of ethics and practice and complaint
procedure.
He or she will regularly have supervision to ensure practice is
professionally regulated
give clear workable guidelines regarding therapy and what to
expect, and willshow evidence of qualifications on request
