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Counselling, psychotherapy or psychology

  • 02-11-2014 12:54am
    #1
    Kazbah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 764 ✭✭✭


    Hello all,

    I am looking for some mental health support and I am very confused by the different titles and accreditations as to who/what would suit me best.

    I am awaiting a psychiatric referral/appointment through my GP but it could be some time. In the meantime, I am taking some medication prescribed by my GP. I also need/want to also attend a counsellor/psychotherapist/psychologist/CBT therapist in the interim. I've been looking at the IACP, psychotherapy-ireland, PSI websites and I got 4/5 names from my GP but I have no idea how to choose someone. I don't know what the different approaches are and the differences between these professions.

    I have attended an IACP accredited person in the past (12 sessions) who tried an EMDR approach - which I hated!
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_movement_desensitization_and_reprocessing

    Any advice?
    Thanks


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  • #2
    JuliusCaesar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,885 ✭✭✭JuliusCaesar


    Have you looked at the Find a Counsellor/therapist/psychologist thread? Lots of links and information there.


  • #3
    Kazbah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 764 ✭✭✭Kazbah


    Yes I did thanks but I couldn't work out which approach might suit me best.
    Is it a case of trial and error?

    I read about the different disciplines and they all seem to have their pros and cons.

    http://www.psychotherapy-ireland.com/disciplines/


  • #4
    JuliusCaesar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,885 ✭✭✭JuliusCaesar


    Well I would think it's a matter of working out

    1. which therapy works (which has the evidence base), plus
    2. which ones you prefer yourself, plus
    3. finding a therapist that YOU can get on with.

    Do talk with therapists on the phone before setting up an appointment. The sticky will give you some guidelines as to what to ask. What are you comfortable with?


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