COMPLEMENTARY HEALTH - PSYCHOTHERAPY SYDNEY

Psychotherapy is one of the core services provided by Holdsworth House Allied Health. It is an efficient and effective therapy for individuals who want to achieve greater personal happiness through:

• rebuilding self-confidence and self-esteem
• adjusting to challenging work environments
• alleviating depression
• managing uncertainty and change
• reducing anxiety
• working out who you are and how you feel
• sorting out important relationships

The relationship that evolves between the therapist and you is different to one you might have with family or colleagues. It is based on mutual respect and creates a space for the safe and honest exploration of sometimes difficult issues. Discussions never leave the room; judgmental observations have no place; rather a shared understanding emerges. Each session is a chance to talk, reflect, and discover. Understanding the origins of behaviours and your current feelings helps in restoring your internal organisation and your effectiveness.

Often the biggest obstacles to seeking psychotherapy are our perceptions around seeking help: embarrassment about our emotions or our perceived past failures; our pride in being self-sufficient; the cost and personal energy. Or a sense that the changes we want to make are overwhelmingly hard or too late. Occasionally we might even think and behave as though we don’t deserve personal success.

Because these feelings are so common before meeting a therapist we thought it would be good to get them out in the open.

Over the period of therapy experiences and how things make us feel are discussed and re-examined bringing greater self-awareness; opportunities to generate new coping skills; enhanced relationship skills or learning to manage self-limiting behaviours.

Energies previously misdirected can be used to help reorganize and create a more coherent sense of being or ‘self' which Russell Meares, formerly head of Psychiatry at Westmead Hospital, described as ‘the ordinary ongoing sense of personal existence'.

Complex emotions and submerged feelings can be difficult to articulate. Therapy is the chance to learn a new language of ‘self' which can help us untangle and manage our emotions and avoid feeling overwhelmed.

The language of therapy offers a way of seeing ourselves and others - an essential tool in working towards:

• Feeling happy
• No longer feeling stuck or repeating mistakes and unproductive behaviours
• Alleviating anxiety
• Creating a stronger sense of identity
• Managing our multiple and diverse daily roles
• Building confidence and self-esteem
• Strengthening personal relationships

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