Individual therapy is a psychological treatment method that is geared towards helping people work through their mental health-related problems. It can also be referred to as psychotherapy, counselling, and talk therapy.
We work with people who need support with a wide range of challenges, including: depression, anxiety, anger, panic, grief, phobia, trauma, abuse, and self-esteem. We use evidence-based treatments to teach you coping strategies to enhance your mental health.
We also work with people who want to learn new skills to improve their well-being, relationships, and productivity, drawing from the field of positive psychology.
The individual therapy we offer at Identity Consultancy is an effective treatment for several mental and emotional issues. This therapy can both relieve symptoms of disorders, as well as have long term effects on your thoughts, emotional processing, behaviour, and well-being. The goal of individual therapy is to help improve the quality of your life by identifying and resolving a range of social, relational, and psychological problems.
Whether you are facing long-standing disorders or current immediate stresses, individual therapy can provide you with insightful problem-solving skills to increase positive feelings and control negative ones. You will learn skills to change your thought patterns, cope with stressful and difficult situations, make healthy decisions, and improve social relationships. This then promotes self-awareness and self-growth.
If you are experiencing negative thoughts, feelings, and behaviours that are causing distress or start interfering with daily life it would be beneficial to start therapy. You should also seek help if you start experiencing mental health symptoms before they get more severe. Additionally, if you feel overwhelmed and helpless, are constantly uneasy/on edge, cannot focus on and complete work, or have thoughts about harming yourself or others you should seek therapy.
You should reach out to a professional if the issue:
Therapy can help with mental, emotional, behavioural, and physical concerns.
Individual Therapy can help treat disorders such as:
Individual Therapy can be beneficial in times of hardship and can help you process loss/grief, divorce or breakup, unemployment, and failure. Additionally, it can also help manage issues such as stress, anger, abuse, extreme negative emotions, fatigue, and phobias.
Initially, your psychologist will gather important past and present information to diagnose the problem and create a treatment plan with a specific therapy. They will discuss with you what concerns you have and your treatment goals. The first few sessions will allow you to get more comfortable and build a relationship with your psychologist, while they continue to learn more about you and your mental health conditions. As individual therapies are ‘talk therapies’, you will be encouraged to speak and share about your life, including difficult experiences. Although this may be difficult at the start and can cause you to feel upset or angry, your therapist will help you develop the confidence and skills needed to process these emotions.
After this, you can both decide the best plan of action by discussing the form of therapy to use, and the frequency and number of sessions needed. The way in which the specific therapy will then be practiced depends on the issues at hand and your requirements. Your wants and needs will matter greatly in the process. You may also be assigned homework to work on and build on the strategies covered in the therapy.
Over time you will develop coping techniques and healthy thought and behaviour patterns, improving your overall mood and wellbeing.
There are many forms of psychotherapy. The therapy used depends on what issue needs to be solved.
Apart from helping you manage symptoms of disorders and treating several mental health-related conditions, therapy can have many benefits. Therapy makes you gain a better understanding of yourself by helping you identify the underlying causes of certain issues. It also provides you with coping strategies to use in different situations which can then help you handle emotions better. Therapy can also rekindle strained relationships and improve your social skills to enhance your support network. It also encourages you to make lifestyle changes as you learn what works for you and what doesn’t. Other than this, just talking to someone can help take a load off you when you are feeling overwhelmed and stressed with short-term problems.
