So what is Psychotherapy?

It's true that in a lot of ways counselling and psychotherapy are very similar.

Psychotherapy tends, however, to go deeper into the roots of why we feel the way we do, in the hope of changing the patterns in our lives that make us unhappy and unfulfilled.

Psychotherapy looks at how we make sense of life; the things we do to cope when something bad happens, the way we react when something good happens. It helps us understand how we show our feelings (or don’t); how we deal with our moods (and the moods of others); how we think of ourselves. Sometimes the process of hearing ourselves say things about what's going on can help us make sense of them.

You can find out something about the different kinds of psychotherapy by clicking here.

If you’re having to face something difficult, or if you feel completely stuck, a therapist/counsellor can help you gain more perspectives and choices so getting unstuck might not be as difficult as it once appeared.