When we accept a process of change, it is necessary that we face and reflect on what we are going to find as well as the process we are going to start.
The therapy It is a face-to-face encounter with another human being, in which there are several fundamental premises from Counseling, which in turn is based on Client-Centered Therapy initiated by Carl Rogers. These premises are:
Validation of your opinions, thoughts and beliefs.
No confrontation of your ideas.
Recognize your emotions, opinions, attitudes and beliefs.
Promotion of resources (own or new).
Unconditional support and acceptance.
Promote experiences of self-efficacy and control
How is therapy performed?
It’s about a communication process and, as such, it implies the presence of two (or more) active members capable of receiving and expressing messages (verbal and non-verbal). During this communication, multiple aspects are expressed that can be physical, psychophysiological, emotional, cognitive or behavioral. It consists of sincere communication, as an equal, without paternalism.
Thanks to this style of communication and the positioning that Rogers mentioned, we will achieve build a bond firm and safe therapeutic that will also be the vehicle for the change that the consultant demands, as well as facilitate and promote the steps that must be taken to achieve said change.
A change that promotes mental health, the emotional well-being of the consultant(s) and whose goal is to improve your quality of life and performance in its different areas. But psychotherapy is not only communication, it also involves the use of strategies and techniques that must have an eclectic character and origin and must be adjusted to the demand of the client and the therapeutic process. Furthermore, they must be used at the right time.
To do this, the psychologist must be extremely attentive to the messages that the consultant sends (verbal and non-verbal). Only by observing and listening accurately can we choose the right technique and strategy and right at the right time.
Everything happens when and how it should happen, in therapy, and must be facilitated This process. Each human being manages and has different rhythms and times, including those that refer to the undertaking of change. As such if we want to facilitate such change, we must respect them and promote change through those times.
Throughout all psychotherapy we must keep in mind a maxim: the person who comes to consultation is in a process, which is their own career vital, which continues even when you leave the consultation.
