Aims Of Psychotherapy Are To Help:
Gain a deeper understanding of yourself by identifying and exploring underlying issues and challenges that influence your outlook and your behaviour.Empower yourself to understand and take control of these underlying issues and challenges. Develop skills and resilience to face and overcome challenges of daily living. Learn how to resolve conflicts with your partner or someone else close in your life. Improve relationships by self-awareness within the context of empathy for and understanding of others and within your own safe and health boundaries. Reduce anxiety or stress due to work or other situations. Establish strategies to manage unhealthy reactions, such as road rage or other aggressive behaviour. Come to terms with an ongoing or serious health issue, such as diabetes, cancer or long-term pain. Understand and take control of issues arising from physical or sexual abuse or witnessing violence. Manage sexual problems, whether they’re due to a physical or psychological cause. Adopt methods to sleep better if there is trouble getting to sleep or staying asleep. In some cases, psychotherapy can be as effective as medicines, such as antidepressants. But depending on your situation, psychotherapy alone may not be enough to ease the symptoms of a mental health condition. You also may need medicines or other treatments such as ketamine assisted psychotherapy.