Five services to help you deal with COVID-19 isolation
Things are a little different to your usual routine right now. But that doesn’t mean that isolation has to be a trying or anxiety inducing time.
I recommend the following services to complement your online counselling sessions and help with stress management during the COVID-19 restrictions and beyond.
Advantages of online counselling
There are many benefits of getting regular counselling, whether you’re experiencing heightened anxiety, relationship troubles or wish to improve areas of your life and wellbeing. Studies have shown that decreased depressive and anxiety symptoms are evident in effective counselling and can be a really helpful way of managing symptoms of mental illness. Longterm counselling can also arm you with a range of coping skills.
Five surprising symptoms of narcissistic abuse
Narcissistic abuse is a form of psychological abuse, also known as emotional abuse, carried out by someone with narcissistic traits or someone with narcissistic personality disorder. Narcissists are people who feel overly self important, lack empathy and feel an excessive need for admiration.
Did you know that you can have emotionally abusive parents?
Many of us are aware of the adverse effects of emotional abuse from friends and loved ones but few realise that this form of abuse can, sadly, come from our parents too. However, in this case, the signs and symptoms of emotionally abusive parents can be a lot more challenging to detect by outside observers and even the children themselves.
Psychology and psychotherapy – what’s the difference?
The difference between psychology and psychotherapy can be a little confusing. Perhaps partly because the two words— psychotherapy/psychology look so similar. And they are also quite similar professions with some crossover counselling involved.
Counselling and your mental health care plan
Currently in Australia, counsellors and psychotherapists are what are considered by the government as unregistered professionals (there is much lobbying happening to try and change this). Whereas a psychologist (and social worker) are considered registered. What this means for you is that if your GP creates a mental health care plan for counselling and treatment of a diagnosed mental health condition, in order to get a rebate from Medicare, you must see a registered psychologist or social worker, rather than a counsellor or psychotherapist.The mental health care plan gives you access to rebates for up to ten sessions per calendar year and is part of the Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and General Practitioners through the Medicare Benefits Schedule (Better Access) initiative.
What is the difference between counselling and psychotherapy?
A psychotherapist is a counsellor that is interested in the trajectory of self-actualisation for their clients. A psychotherapist focusses more on long term terms goals associated with personal and— in my case being a transpersonal therapist— spiritual development.
What to expect at couples counselling
If you have never experienced couples counselling before, it can be a daunting thing to enter into. It’s not always how it looks on the TV either.
People realise it’s time for couples counselling when relationship problems arise, such as continuously arguing about the same thing, feeling disconnected, lack of trust and betrayals and other issues.
