Presenting Issues
This page discusses some, but not all, online therapy interventions. We explain the meaning of presenting issues and Therapeutic modalities.
Some presenting issues:
Mood related presenting issues:
- Do you occasionally have depressive spells or mood swings from intense happiness to intense sadness? This suggests that you may be bipolar or depressed. Everyone has moments of sadness, but you might require assistance if your regular functioning is affected and it becomes more difficult to participate in work or family life. Because they have an impact on feelings, mood disorders are sometimes referred to as affective disorders. What exactly causes mood imbalances is unknown. Some believe it results from a combination of genetic, biochemical, psychological, and environmental variables. Studies on brain imaging indicate that mood disorders may arise as a result of abnormalities in the structure and function of the brain. On the other hand, depression may be a sign of thyroid issues. Depression, tiredness, and cloudy thinking are some of the symptoms of an underactive thyroid, so it's a good idea to consult your doctor before starting counselling to find out if you have an underactive thyroid.
Anxiety:
- Do you occasionally get that uneasy sense of danger, dread, or fear? People of all ages frequently suffer from anxiety disorders, which can range in intensity from minor to incapacitating. Panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), and phobias (including social phobia, sometimes known as social anxiety disorder) are the five main types of anxiety disorders, according to the Anxiety Disorders Association of America. Anxiety and depression together, or either one alone, may be signs of thyroid dysfunction. An overactive thyroid may bring on anxiety and sleeplessness.
Trauma:
- Have you ever felt a strong emotional reaction to a really bad experience? Trauma is a typical response to a very upsetting event, and its consequences can be so dire that they make it difficult for you to lead a regular life. When this occurs, you might require help in order to regain emotional stability. Trauma may have an indirect or direct impact on clients. Trauma experienced firsthand: sexual assault, domestic abuse, serious disease or injury, natural calamities, loss of a loved one. Vicarious trauma can be caused by seeing violence, being around traumatised people, or by mental health professionals who treat traumatised patients on a daily basis.
Relationship problems:
- Many factors can lead to marital problems and practically always involve poor communication, loss of intimacy or conflicting sex drive. Your relationship may also suffer from work/life imbalance. Call us if you wish to help resolve relationship difficulties, negotiate a separation, or when you are starting a new relationship and want to strengthen your partnership.
Interventions:
Humanistic approach:
Humanistic approaches rely on patients' capacity to make reasonable decisions, grow to their best potential, and inspire compassion and respect for others. Our therapists walk alongside you to enable you to find answers to your own difficulties, and all of our counselling sessions incorporate Socratic inquiry and motivational interviewing.
- Person-centred therapy is another tool to help you transform by empowering you to take control of your interests, self-care, and problems.
- Existential therapy is about seeking free choice, self-determination, and meaning.
- Viewed holistically, Gestalt therapy stresses the need for awareness of the here and now and personal responsibility.
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy:
Originally, Behaviour therapy helped clients identify and change potentially self-destructive or unhealthy behaviours. Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) developed from only focussing on changing behaviour (Behavioural Therapy) to include thoughts and feelings. During sessions, clients look back to their childhood to get an understanding of where their core beliefs come from. Triggers often come from traumatic experiences in childhood and can affect adult behaviours. Our online counsellors will help our clients identify automatic, negative thinking patterns which lead to negative self-talk. This also affects behaviour and emotions. It is possible to change core beliefs and thinking, which is the aim of therapy. It is often easier to work on small behaviours first (this is called behavioural activation) because it is easier to target small behaviours before challenging thinking and emotions.
Brief Therapies:
Employee assistance programs (EAP) typically adopt solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) since it is goal-directed and attempts to modify a behaviour quickly.
You should anticipate a sequence of carefully crafted questions that address concerns about your goals without delving into your past throughout SFBT sessions. These sessions focus on the present and the future and are usually finished in three sessions or less.
Integrative and personalised approaches:
Since no one shoe fits all, integrative or customised approaches are crucial. At Online Therapy, we incorporate ideas from many schools of thought into sessions as a way to address problems and customise them to each client's needs.