Tue 17 May 2011

Counselling Victoria BC

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Welcome to Counselling Victoria BC

 

We’re here to help you investigate counselling in Victoria BC.  We will be taking great care to find a counsellor in Victoria BC who can help you with what you are going through.  This site will give you some useful information and hopefully some insight into the counselling world to help you on your way.

If you have come across a counsellor that you love (or don’t love) then you should share it with us here.  And allow me just to say that if you have any comments or questions please feel free to post them in the comment section of the appropriate page(s).

Counselling Victoria BC is not a site that can give you professional counselling advice.  We do not have a professional counsellor on board for the majority of our content writing.  Please keep that in mind, and make your own decisions and opinions. Still, if you are looking for help through tough family relationships, mental health issues, family disputes, sexual abuse, eating disorder(s), etc. then you are in the right place.  We want to help you find the right counsellor/person for the job.  Whether that person is a psychologist, psychiatrist, therapist, hypnotherapist, or life coach, we just want to help you out.

We firmly believe in the power of counselling and in therapy.  It may not be necessary for every single person; however, if you are feeling slightly under the weather (in terms of mental health) then we believe that it is worth going in for a checkup.  That means, it’s a good idea to see a counsellor in Victoria if you are feeling bad.  He or she will be able to help you get on the right track, provided they are skilled enough. If you feel like you need some help please consider getting professional talking therapies, relationship counselling, couples counselling, resolution mediation counselling, integrative counselling or other counselling services.

 

The Importance of Outstanding Victoria BC Counselling

Counselling Victoria BC is going to be looking out for a hot Victoria counsellor.  Bad counselling can be dangerous, or at least unproductive.  We believe that you should be able to get quality counselling the first time around.  Although, this may not be realistic in every case, we hope we can help point you in the right direction. That brings us to the purpose of this website.

We are here to help you find a great counsellor.  I don’t know about you, but I have heard many stories about people getting ripped off for different things.  Counselling is not one of those things that should ever be a ‘rip off’.  It’s just too important.  If you are going for counselling then you are going for good counselling.  Everyone believes that and everyone deserves that!  Soon enough we will be sharing a counsellor with you who we believe in, because we’ve talked with him or her and in what they can do for you.  In the end the final choice is yours, but we’ll keep you up to date.  We earnestly hope that our site helps you out!

 

Trying to Find Top Counselling in Victoria BC

We want you to feel that you have a place to go that will help you find a quality counsellor in Victoria BC.  When it comes to counsellors there is no need to bargain shop or try out many different counsellors.  Well at least we hope that there is no need.  LOL.  Bargain shopping usually has consequences besides getting the cheapest price.

Whether you are going through a tough separation, post traumatic stress, or any difficult problems, we hope to help point you in the right direction.  That’s why we’re here.  We can’t sort out your family relationship issues for you, but we can help you in your effort to get therapy today, or in the near future.

 

“It is up to us to watch out for each other, and take care when we feel most lonely.”

We earnestly hope that this site helps you with your need for outstanding counselling in Victoria BC.

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Sat 22 Oct 2011

Victoria BC Counselling FAQ – Basics

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Victoria BC Counselling FAQ – Some Basic Questions (and Answers)

 

Let’s take a look at some basic counselling in Victoria BC faqs.  We’ve gone into more complex matters in the past, but today we’ll return to the basics.  Over the next few days we just want to cover some of the most basic questions that people have been asking us about.

 

1. Is professional Victoria BC counselling confidential?

The answer to this question is yes!  Your relationship and sessions with the counsellor are kept strictly in confidence.  Sometimes counsellors do have exceptions to this rule, for example for people who are harming themselves or their children, or talking about commiting suicide.  When you first meet your counsellor you can ask any questions you have to help you feel comfortable.

2. What exactly does top notch Victoria BC counselling look like?

Many people have a vision of counselling as going into an office with a nice padded couch and just gushing your thoughts and problems.  That is one approach to counselling; however, there are much more proactive ways of counselling as well.  For example most counsellors will try to provide you with tools and activities that will help you with your specific problem.  It is not really something that just involves you going there and talking.  Counselling is work, but it is only work that is meant to help you get better.

 

3. Can a friend come with me when I go to a counselling session?

The quick answer to this question is yes!  You are paying for the counselling session, so whatever helps you feel comfortable is generally permissible.  However, you will want to check with your counsellor to she what he or she allows.  Not everyone runs their practice the same after all.

 

4. Does it cost money to go see a counsellor?

Some people expect counselling to be free, in Victoria BC anyway, because of our great health care system.  The reality however is that regardless of whether you are dealing with grief, depression, or anxiety, or any other life challenge, a good counsellor is generally going to cost money.  Some counsellors offer a sliding scale for payment.  There may be some government appointed counsellors who can help you out, but you’ll have to look into that yourself.

 

We hope that you have gained some value from our post.  Please remember that anything you do as a result of our opinions is your responsibility.  We cannot be held responsible for any of your decisions.  That’s life.  So please take what we have said and make your own decision.

Wishing you only the best,

 

Counselling Victoria BC.

 

 

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Fri 26 Aug 2011

Types of Victoria BC Counselling – Gestalt Therapy

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Today We’re looking at Another Type of Victoria BC Counselling – Gestalt Therapy

 

 

Welcome back to our series (or for newbies welcome in general) to our series on different types of counselling in Victoria BC.  We are in the process of exploring different counselling techniques.  If you have any feedback about what works for a specific mental health issue, like depression, anxiety, grief, ocd, or anger management then please contact us.

 

If you are unfamiliar with gestalt therapy then this article will help you familiarize yourself with this incredible form of counselling.  Without any further adieu, let’s dive right into it.

 

What is Gestalt therapy?

This is an answer that you could probably find yourself on Wikipedia.  What can’t you find there these days?  But, given the encyclopedic nature of Wikipedia, we can make it more interesting here.  The key thing that sets types of Gestalt therapy apart from other forms of therapy or Victoria BC counselling is that it is experiential. It is of course a form of psychotherapy.  20 points to the person who can explain why it’s a type of psychotherapy.  That’s not actually a very hard question!

The cool thing about Gestalt therapy and existential therapies is that they focus on your current life, and your current views of things.  It’s kind of like having your own Think and Grow Rich doctor … or law of attraction doctor.  Take your pick.

 

Gestalt therapy is really all about adjusting your attitudes.  These are the things that you can change, and the things that you have the most control over, when you think about it.  They’re one of the few things that you actually have control over.  Through various techniques a therapist will help you to remanage your pre-existing attitudes!  No that’s cool!

 

What really separates Gestalt therapy from other forms of therapy is that they are based in the here and now.  Therefore they are also meant to work in the here and now.  They are not something that is supposed to work maybe 6 months down the road.  You should see change immediately after beginning Gestalt therapy with a Victoria BC counsellor.

 

The ultimate goal of Gestalt therapy is to become aware of what is going on in your subconscious and then take control of it (and responsibility for it).  It is empowering and life affirming.

 

Please remember that everything that is said here is our opinion of things.  We can’t be held responsible for any decisions that you make based on what we have said.  You must take responsibility for your own decisions.

Please comment below if you have anything to add to the conversation or feel free to comment on one of our other threads, such as this one: on what type of counselling one should get.

 

Hope this helps,

Counselling Victoria BC, signing out!

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Sun 26 Jun 2011

What Type of Counselling Should I Get?

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Today We’ll be Looking at a Very Important Victoria Counselling Question:

What Type of Counselling Should I Get?

This is one of the fundamental questions to getting the best quality Victoria counselling for you.  At the end of the day not all Victoria counsellors or all types of counselling are created equally.  Some forms of counselling are more beneficial than others.  For example, hypnotherapy may be useful for traumatic experience, depression, or even insomnia.  Whereas, it may not be the best approach for marriage counselling.  Either way that’s something to talk about with your counsellor.

Here’s another article that offers more help in picking your counsellor.

My favourite styles of counselling/therapy is rapid results therapy and solutions based therapy.  Rapid results therapy has the obvious advantage that one of the main goals is to help you feel better as quickly as possible.  At first glance this may sound like someone is trying to cut corners <shakes finger>; however, the truth is quite different.  Rapid results simply focuses on eliminating what’s holding you down/back.

At the end of the day, reaching out for counselling takes a desire to want to get better.  Rapid results therapy takes that desire and runs with it to create a meaningful solution for you.

Next, we’ll spend a few moments thinking about solutions based therapy.  Here’s a quick video to give you a change of pace:

 

The woman in this video talks about how solutions based therapy is focused on … you guessed IT: the solutions for your problem. This sounds great! She mentioned something that does leave me to favour rapid results therapy though.  She said that solutions therapy is not focused on your past, history, etc.  However, proactive that might sound, I can think of plenty situations where it would be beneficial to find the root of the problem in order to find the correct solution.  Hey, she’s the counsellor and not me, but I just think that there will be times when the counsellor is going to need to know about the root of the problem.  Agreed?

 

That’s all we have for today. If you have any questions or comments feel free to post them in the comments section below.  We would be more than happy to address what’s relevant to you.  And, always remember that I am not responsible for the decisions you make.  Any type of counselling that you decide to get (or not get) is your decision.  I can’t take responsibility for your actions.  Let us know if we can do anything else to help you connect with quality counselling in Victoria BC.

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Wed 22 Jun 2011

What does counselling help with

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The question for today is what does counselling help with?

We’ll go over a list of things that counselling helps with.  Then, we will take some time to look at how counselling can help a few of those different things.  Most of us already have a sense for what counselling can help us with, but we want to make sure that you have access to a list that is somewhat comprehensive.  We won’t be able to list everything that counselling helps with, but we will give it our best shot.

Counselling can basically help with any mental health issues.  That means that if you are having emotional or psychological distress, of any kind, a counsellor is the person who can help you out.  This will help you arrange your life in a more normal way (for you), and help you get back on track faster.  Counselling is not instaneous, but it is something that can be done rapidly.

So here we go:

  • depression
  • stress
  • conflict resolution
  • dispute resolution
  • emotional conflict
  • family issues (through family therapy)
  • problem solving
  • dating
  • employment
  • management
  • grieving and bereavement
  • sexual abuse
  • psychological problems
  • separation anxiety
  • anger management
  • anxiety
  • violence recovery
  • pregnancy coaching
  • infertility
  • gambling
  • addictions
  • body image (and body/weight issues)
  • eating disorders

I could keep going on for a while, but I think you get the point! Counselling can help you with all types of psychological and emotional distress.  Not every counsellor will be qualified to help you with all of the areas listed above; however, the best counsellors will be capable of helping you with a lot of these various problems!  Yeah … that’s impressive!

 

Counselling can help with many different psychological challenges: And there’s no need to be ashamed to ask for help.

 

With any of these problems, please remember that you are not powerless, but you’re not weak either.  I just want to reinforce that we all go through hard times.  Apparently the average time for grieving for humans is several months!  Yet, we are even somewhat ashamed of feeling that.  The point is that you don’t to be ashamed.  You need to take action.  You deserve the life that you dream of living.  It’s not necessarily easy, but it is deserved.

Victoria counselling can be the first step for you on the road to recovery.  We earnestly hope that this article and any of the others on this site, really help you in your life and struggles.  It can be tough trying to go it alone.  We’re here to tell you that you don’t have to.  There are fully competent counsellors in Victoria BC (or anywhere) who can help you out.

You can see one of our counselling FAQs (here), or take a look at a video we recently uploaded on cognitive behaviour therapy.

If you have any thoughts or questions please feel free to post them in the comments section below.  Also, if there are any problems that counselling helps with that we haven’t really addressed feel free to list them as well!

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Sat 18 Jun 2011

Counselling Videos

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Today We Are Starting Our Counselling in Victoria BC video series.

Give me a few moments to explain how we’ll be adding value for anyone looking for Victoria counselling, using video.  We are going to be taking some time to go through online video to see what is done well and what is done poorly in counselor videos online.  This means that we’ll just be picking a video and we’ll comment on some of the strengths and weaknesses of it.  We’ll try to keep it focused on the counselling aspects of the videos.  That way you can still garner useful information.

Be sure to check out our counselling articles as well. Here’s a link to counselling article 1.

At the same time, we will have a few things to say about the form and structure of these videos.  One day we may have a video on marriage counselling, another may be from a psychotherapist, whereas another may be from a hypnotherapist or psychologist.  The goal is really to mix it up and provide varied value for our audience.

If you have any particular challenges that you would like us to address, from: depression, to insomnia, to relationship issues, to family relationships, then just let us know!  We would be happy to investigate those elements.

Today’s video is about cognitive behaviour therapy, and how it can help deal with stress.  This is a video about a student who is working, getting ready for a wedding, while trying to prepare for a university exam.  She is planning to quite school.

 

 

The best aspect of this video is that it shows you how the therapy works. It is not just a psychology or therapist sitting there explaining something to you. For anyone who has been in university before, you know how boring (and pedagogically ineffective) it can be to just be spoken to. That’s also part of why we are trying to incorporate multiple media.

As we talk with Victoria BC counsellors we will give attention to replicating the process in this film. At the same time, I think it could be more effective if the therapist gave a bit more explanation of what he’ll be doing and why (about 1 minute’s worth). Lol, I know that may seem in contradiction of what I said before, but it makes sense.

If you have any questions or thoughts for us then feel free to post a comment in the comments section.  We hope that this information helps you in your search to receive quality counselling in Victoria BC.

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Tue 14 Jun 2011

Online Counselling from Victoria BC

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Today we’ll be looking at an article on counselling over the Internet (from Victoria BC or otherwise).

 

To be honest, I hadn’t really thought about counselling outside of Victoria BC.  I’ve talked with some counsellors about phone counselling, but not explicitly about online counselling.  Doing it over the Internet has the same application though.  It seems like  a worthwhile way for counsellors to expand their practice(s) and client base.  I am not 100% sure if I am a huge fan of online counselling.  By default it is going to lack a certain degree of personability.  At the same time, and this applies especially for people who live in an isolated region or a small city, you could POTENTIALLY get a higher quality of counsellor over the Internet.  It’s worth thinking about anyway.

This is a slightly different topic than the normal counselling in Victoria BC issues that we cover.  But, it’s a totally different and worthwhile angle to investigate!

Without further adieu, we are going to go into the article that I’ve found for today.  The author gives a fairly comprehensive list of pros and cons of online counselling.  I hope you enjoy it, and I hope it’s beneficial to you!

 

 

 

What is Online Counselling?

By Julia Barnard

Online counselling is counselling provided to people over the internet. Both counsellor and client must have access to a computer with an internet connection. It can come in various forms but typically online counselling is provided via email, through text messages, voice and video links as well as chat rooms and message boards. Many people will be familiar with these types of communication and such a way of interacting has become a natural and easy part of life. Online counselling can be provided to an individual or a group, in the same way as face-to-face counselling can.

Online counselling is also known as: web counselling, e-counselling, e-therapy, and internet counselling.

Is it safe?

Since online counselling means that the counsellor usually remains invisible to the client, it can sometimes be asserted that it is dangerous. This is why it is important that you have as much information about your counsellor as possible. Checking your counsellor’s credentials, including membership of a counselling organization helps as you can verify that the person is in fact a counsellor and not faking it. Remember, even people you see face-to-face can call themselves counsellors and attempt to ‘fix’ your problems. As such it is not online counselling itself that could be dangerous; rather it is the risk that your counsellor is neither credible nor ethical.

That being said, there are advantages and disadvantages which are unique to online counselling, which you need to consider before engaging with an online counsellor.

Advantages of online counselling

  • You do not have to visit an office to see a counsellor. Counselling can be carried out in the comfort and safety of your own home.
  • Nobody need know you are seeing a counsellor as it can be used at your convenience.
  • It saves time, travel and child care costs.
  • It is easily accessible.
  • Costs can be kept down as your counsellor does not have to rent office space.
  • If using email or message board counselling, you can read and write your messages at any time, convenient to you. This also gives time to compose a well thought-out response.
  • You only have to communicate with your counsellor; there is no receptionist or support worker to deal with.
  • Some people feel less inhibited being able to communicate online, and so open up more. This can result in a greater therapeutic outcome.
  • You are able to come back and review messages or reread your emails at any time. You cannot do this with traditional counselling.

Disadvantages of online counselling

Privacy

With traditional counselling, the counsellor ensures privacy by providing a room that is private and free from disturbance. However, with online counselling, it is up to you to protect your privacy and limit disruptions.

Text and chat

  • If communication is text-based, you will not be able to say as much, since communication is slower.
  • Unless web cameras are used, you will not be able to see your counsellor so non-verbal signals will be lost. As such, misunderstandings may arise.
  • Connection problems could make it difficult for chat sessions to be effective.

Email

  • If email is used, other people could access your messages, unless you set up an account that only you know the password to. As such, confidentiality may be breached.
  • Also with email, messages may not be received or be forwarded on to someone else accidentally.
  • With email and message board counselling, you will have to wait to receive a reply.

What are the alternatives to online counselling?

  • Face to face counselling
  • Telephoning a counselling helpline
  • Attend a support group
  • Talk to a friend or family member
  • Talk to your doctor
  • Read a self-help book
  • Do nothing at all

Copyright Julia Barnard 2007

Julia Barnard is a professional counsellor living in Adelaide, Australia. She provides an online counselling service through her website http://www.makethechange.com.au. Julia also writes articles for the website aimed at enhancing well-being and promoting good mental health.

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All the best from us here, at counselling Victoria BC.

 

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Fri 10 Jun 2011

Marriage Counselling Tips

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Today We’ll Give You Some Victoria BC Marriage Counselling Tips

We had such a positive response with the article picking a Victoria BC counsellor the other day, that we decided we keep giving you more.  More articles from others on the web that is.  No doubt, you are here in part to just hear what we have to say, but there are many worthwhile voices out there on the web.  We would love to share the valuable counselling information that we’ve found to help you or a loved one go in the right direction with any problem, from marriage counselling (in Victoria BC) to depression to loss and grieving.  Please remember to use your discretion when you read what I or anyone else writes!

 

We hope you find this article useful and informative!  Enjoy.

 

 

Marriage Counseling Tips – 7 Ways to Handle Conflict in Marriage

By Lee Hefner

How do you handle arguments that lead to heated exchanges with your spouse? Do you value being right over preserving the quality of your relationship? And how long do you stay angry after you’ve had a fight?

How you answer these questions offers a clue into how secure your marriage is. Unfortunately, too many married couples let unbridled confrontations tear the fabric of their relationship.

Every couple has misunderstandings, miscommunication, and disagreements. It’s human nature to see things from your own viewpoint. And it’s easy to forget that your spouse’s viewpoint is just as valid as yours.

Here are some couples marriage counseling tips when preparing for talks about emotional issues with your partner:

1. Take time to center yourself emotionally by sitting quietly for a few minutes. You might take deep belly breaths and count your out-breaths to keep yourself focused in the present moment, or you might meditate or pray during this time.

2. Notice any negative “chatter” in your mind and replace it with a positive statement, such as “Each time I really focus on listening intently to my spouse instead of jumping in to criticize, I’m improving our working relationship.” Or “I know that we can resolve this problem about how to handle our difficulties.”

3. Expect to be able to get along, talk respectfully and courteously to each other, and find creative solutions to problems. You influence what happens in interactions with others by your expectations about what you think will happen. In other words, you often get what you expect.

4. Suspend judgment and criticism so that you’re prepared to really hear your spouse. Resolve to listen deeply so that you can understand the fears and concerns that are layered beneath her (or his) surface words. When you can identify and understand her deeper concerns, you’re more likely to find an acceptable solution.

5. Make sure that you speak to your spouse with words that are respectful. Avoid profanity and refrain from personal attacks on your spouse. It’s quite different to say “I really don’t understand what you’re saying. Can you please explain?” instead of “This sounds like another one of your idiotic ideas.”

6. Be willing to look at your own position and admit it whenever you are wrong. This takes humility and critical self evaluation. But it will buy goodwill with your spouse. And it could set an example that he (or she) may decide to emulate.

7. Don’t carry around resentment after an argument. Try to respectfully express your feelings and then let them go. Then try to reestablish closeness as soon as possible. Make an effort to make up by focusing on what you do agree on, and on what you like about your spouse.

Lee Hefner co-authored the ebook “Keep Your Marriage: What to Do When Your Spouse Says ‘I Don’t Love You Anymore!’”

He co-publishes the free marriage counseling advice newsletter, the Keep Your Marriage Internet Magazine.

Get your free subscription at Marriage-Newsletter.com to enjoy expert couples marriage counseling advice.

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As always feel free to leave a comment below concerning anything to do with counselling in Victoria BC. We hope this article has been informative for you and that it leads to greater overall fulfillment and happiness in your life.  Again, never hesitate to let us know what you want us to look at, or if you think we were totally off base!  That’s what this space is for.  Tomorrow, or a few days down the road we’ll be posting again, and then again, and again.  We’re really trying to be consistent with the site at this point.

All the best from, Counselling Victoria BC.

 

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Mon 6 Jun 2011

Picking Your Counsellor

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Picking a top counsellor in Victoria BC

 

I’ve been scowering the Internet for information to help in picking a top Victoria BC counsellor.  I’ve decided that I’ll share an article from Miranda Barlow.  What she said is simple, but it’s also kind of true.  To give you a summary, in case you just want the gist, she talks about how important it is to connect with your counsellor.  Victoria BC counselling is like anywhere in the world, and this principle seems somewhat universal in my mind anyway.

 

To elaborate briefly, she explains that connecting with a counsellor is one of the most important aspects of a counselling relationship.  I take this to be true for any type of therapy, psychology, psychotherapy, counselling, psychiatrist relationship.

 

Here’s the article on choosing a top counsellor in Victoria BC:

 

 

How to Choose a Good Counsellor

By Miranda Barlow

Many people find that the choice of a counsellor is a very personal thing and therefore it is not always worth while trying to find out about them. If you have a personal recommendation from a friend or have read a good review, it may not be relevant here.

This is because the most important thing about choosing an counsellor is being able to find someone that you feel you can open up to. If your friend has found a certain counsellor good, it may not mean that they will be good for you. The same applies for a review.

The reason for this is that we all have different needs to be fulfilled form someone we want to confide in. From something a simple as feeling more comfortable with perhaps a man rather than a woman, to wanting that person to have an understanding face or to approach us in a particular manner. It can even be hard to know what you require until you actually have a counsellor and even then it may be something you just cannot put your finger on.

Just be prepared to try out several counsellors, as this may be the best way to pick the perfect one. However, do not get too worried, because most counsellors are good at their job and should make you feel at ease and ready to open up to them.

So if you are trying to pick a counsellor, it might be best to just try a few out and this will let you find out what they are like and whether you find them to be suitable for your needs.

Feeling stressed,worried, anxious down or low? Then try Miranda Barlow for a Counselling service to help.

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Let me know if this article was helpful to you.  If we hear back from you then we may just select a few more articles about selecting only the finest counsellors in Victoria BC.

 

 

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Fri 27 May 2011

Counselling FAQ

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Counselling Victoria BC – FAQ

 

There are many Frequently asked questions when it comes counselling, and counselling victoria bc wants to help you find the answers.

Most FAQ are based on assumptions, often faulty ones at that, about something.  We’ll see this same trend as we look at some of the most common questions asked about counselling and counsellors.

 

Counselling Victoria BC investigates some of the most common questions when it comes to counselling.

 

So, here we go.

Question 1 – Do normal people need to get counselling?

This is a question that is really common.  We are simply used to thinking about counselling as something that irregular even so called ‘crazy’ people need.  At least, we tend to associate counselling with people who are unstable.  The reality is actually far different.  Although counselling is a powerful tool for helping people who need a lot of help, it is also a way of sorting things out.  Counselling Victoria BC strongly advocates counselling for all sorts of people through all walks of life.

 

Question 2 – What is counselling?

Question 1 leaves us to add clarity to the term/profession.  Put simply counselling is a relationship between a trained counsellor and a client.  This relationship focuses on the needs of the client, and ways to overcome the current obstacles in his or her life.  Through counselling individuals come to a better understanding of themselves, their emotions, and the problems that face them.  Ultimately, it is meant to help individuals to overcome their problems and to live in a more enriching way.

 

Question 3 – How can I benefit from meeting with a counsellor?

This is a good question.  We should always wonder what benefits we will receive from getting a service.  At the same time, it is always important to take action.  Here are a few tips to benefit from counselling:

1. Be willing to change your behaviour.

2. Give thought to what you discuss during every session.

3. Establish goals with your counsellor.

4. Discuss your ongoing progress in your goals with your counsellor.

5. Attend sessions on a schedule.

 

That’s all for our FAQ for today.  We earnestly hope that it has helped you.

 

As always post a comment below if you would like to get in touch with Counselling Victoria BC.  We will reply promptly and attempt to answer any questions you might have.  Remember that we are not professionally trained.  We are just making a website and posting information!  This is a blog afterall.

We wish you all the best,

Counselling Victoria BC.

 

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Wed 25 May 2011

Counselling in Victoria BC

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Looking for the Best Counselling in Victoria BC

What does it take to find the best Counselling in Victoria BC?

 

Welcome back to counselling Victoria BC.  If you’re new here then we welcome you to post a comment to introduce yourself or to post a question/query.

For today we are going to be looking at what actually makes a great counsellor.  That’s really why we’re here: we want to ensure that you find a quality counsellor.  There are many factors to consider, so let’s get right into it.

 

1. Top Counselling in Victoria BC (Number 1)

He or she knows how to build rapport quickly.  At the end of the day, you need to feel comfortable with your counsellor in order to make real progress.  This is something that is achieved sooner rather than later.  Think about it, the sooner you are comfortable with your counsellor the sooner you can sort things out.

 

2. Top Counselling in Victoria BC (Number 2)

The counsellor does not use jargon and nonsensicle language.  The thing is we all probably know a whole set of jargon that most people don’t really understand.  A HUGE part of a counsellor’s job is to make you feel welcome.  And, like many professions this involves keeping it simple.

If your counsellor talks in jargon/psychobable then you should probably look elsewhere.  That’s never a good sign.  We should all work to communicate simply with people.  This is even more the case for a good counsellor.

 

3. Top Counselling in Victoria BC (Number 3)

One of the most important qualities of a great counsellor is that he or she helps you use what you’ve got.  Let me explain.  Low quality counsellors in Victoria BC will give you a prescribed path to wellbeing.  Whereas a great one will help you find the path that acutally suits you.  This is because, the path that suits you is the only one that is going to truly pan out for you anyway.

Alright, so that may not be entirely acccurate. A path that is not catered to your personality may still pan out.  It’s just a lot less likely.

 

4. Top Counselling in Victoria BC (Number 4)

The best counsellors in Victoria BC will take as few sessions as possible.  This thought has multiple layers, so lets tease them out.  Firstly, a great counsellor must simply desire your health and wellbeing.  That is a prerequisite.  Undoubtedly.  Desiring that wellbeing necessitates that you receive aid as rapidly as possible. That does not mean that it works like an assembly line, or that you should only have a few visits. It just means that he or she is focused on results.

The flip side of this query is that counselling is actually very important for your health.  It’s not something to be rushed through or even necessarily ‘given up’.

 

Like all of our articles here at Counselling Victoria BC, we hope this helps you live a better and happier life.  We’ll write again soon to try to help you find that ideal counsellor.  Maybe we’ll even have one for you!

 

All the best from,

 

Counselling Victoria BC

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