What are the differences between counselling, psychotherapy and analysis?
Counselling is a process in which the client discusses his/her problems with an unbiased listener who will try to understand the client’s point of view and to feedback to the client how he or she is coming across to the listener so that the client can gain a wider view of him or herself. This is a supportive process and can be short or long term once a week. Clients often find that the chance to talk in confidence about their feelings reduces anxiety and raises self esteem and mood. Psychotherapy takes this process further by looking at the past as well as the present and the therapist will be listening to the client with a view to making links between the past and the present, particularly with reference to experiences of loss or trauma very early in life. Clients are usually expected to attend for at least a year. People can find new and more positive ways of being during and after this form of therapy, often dealing with long-standing emotional difficulties. Analysis is a deeper for
