Best Types of Therapy
for Online Counselling
Psychotherapy, Talk Therapy, Mental Health Treatments… What are they?
They are just types of treatment options, or different forms of talk therapy. In each you sit and chat online with a therapist but you do different things. With CBT your playing detective and getting to the bottom of why you feel like that and what was happening that caused it. And with DBT your learning coping skills to add to your toolbox. With both you’ll get to the end result of feeling better.
So, these psychotherapy styles you see on discussed below are like being at a car dealership, and the therapy style is the car that your choosing to drive in to get to your destination. Then depending on the counsellor you pick, their schooling has made them a professional driver, who’s trained to drive a bunch of different car’s and has travelled down these roads before.
You can pick which ever car you’d like to take you to your goal or the therapist can assess your symptoms and let you know which the most effective mental health treatment option is that would fit your needs.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a highly effective form of therapy with numerous studies showing its success in treating a wide range of mental health disorders. CBT helps individuals identify and change negative thoughts and behaviors that may be contributing to their problems. In sessions, the therapist and client work together to explore thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and identify and change unhelpful patterns. CBT is widely recognized as the gold standard approach to counseling and is highly effective for a range of demographics.
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Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is a highly effective form of psychotherapy developed by Marsha Linehan to help individuals struggling with difficult emotions, self-destructive behaviors, and relationship issues. DBT combines the change-oriented techniques of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with the acceptance-based principles of mindfulness and has been shown to be effective in treating a range of mental health conditions. The four main modules of DBT include mindfulness, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance. These skills help individuals manage their emotions, improve communication and relationships, and cope with difficult situations in a healthy way. Through DBT, people can gain greater control over their symptoms and lead a more fulfilling and satisfying life.
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An Integrated CBT and DBT Approach
DBT and CBT are both effective forms of counseling therapy, and the integrated approach combines both methods. In DBT, each module teaches individuals the skills they need to address their specific challenges. In a session using the integrated approach, we will first use CBT to explore the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that contributed to an event. At the end of each session, we will teach a DBT skill to help individuals make tangible changes to their situation. By combining the power of CBT with the skills-based focus of DBT, the integrated approach can help individuals achieve lasting change and improved mental health.
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Chronic Illness Counseling
Learn to pace your energy and adapt to life with cancer and a wide range of chronic conditions. Chronic Illness Therapy can be helpful for chronic disease conditions, those with me cfs diagnosis, or those undergoing chemotherapy. Any one with an illness that particularly affect energy limits, causes brain fog, and pain.
With our virtual counsellor that teaches health management modules you can set up a pacing program that’s just for you. It only takes a few sessions to teach the skills of chronic health pacing and brain fog management.
And, through your online counselling sessions, you will discover how you can go from diagnosis to finding your best life while living with your condition. Discuss tools and ways to boost your productivity and regain control over your life. Book a session today and start feeling better.
Your important to Us.
If you just need the space to vent, we’ve got you covered. If you need great tools and strategies that you can implement into everyday life, we have those too. If you want to tackle some really difficult struggles with family and relationships, we get it and we’re here. Need help sorting through a mountain of anxiety, grief and pain, that’s our specialty. Whatever you’re going through, how ever hard it may be, we want you to know we care and we’re going to be here.
Free Counselling Resources
Not sure how to start counselling? We made a Free Counselling Starter Pack that gives you a little guidance. Or check out our New Free Online Chronic Disease Self-Management Program.
We want you to leave with resources, so make sure you go check out our online resource page where we provide free counselling tools like our Pacing Handouts, Brain Fog Workbooks, Trauma Containment Strategies and more.
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