Counselling
Counselling therapy makes use of psychological methods, techniques, and interventions whose main objectives are:
- restore the patient's quality of life;
- analyse the reasons for consultation, which range from common day-to-day difficulties to even major psychopathologies;
- develop the patterns of mental functioning of the individual and their psychic systems: organic health, mental health, family, social, sexual, intellectual, financial, professional, leisure, and spiritual.
INDIVIDUAL
COUNSELLING
SESSION LENGTH
50 minutes
FREQUENCY
Most treatments require weekly sessions to be effective. Patients being discharged have sessions once every two weeks. If necessary, the patient can request extra appointments or reschedule existing ones in advance.
DURATION OF TREATMENT
The duration of treatment varies depending on the objective and the individual. Although the results are not immediate and require commitment, the treatment is focused on achieving the established goals, resulting in a discharge process.
COUPLE
COUNSELLING
GOALS
In couple counselling, only the common goals of the couple are worked on. When there are goals of only one of the members, they are objects of individual counselling.
SESSION LENGTH
50 minutes
FREQUENCY
Couple counselling is usually weekly, but cases where extra sessions are needed are common.
DURATION OF TREATMENT
In general, couple psychotherapy has a shorter treatment time than individual therapy.
FAMILY
COUNSELLING
GOALS
In family counselling, only the common goals of the family are worked on. When there are goals of only one of the members, they are objects of individual counselling.
WHO ATTEND THE SESSIONS
All family members, including children.
SESSION LENGTH
1 hour and a half
FREQUENCY
Sessions are usually weekly. If necessary, extra sessions or rescheduling of appointments can be requested.
DURATION OF TREATMENT
The duration of treatment depends on the situation and the family.
CHILD
COUNSELLING
Child counselling is an individual therapy and therefore shares the same base characteristics.
WHO ATTEND THE SESSIONS
In the first session, both the child and the parents attend. The following sessions are only with the child, but quarterly sessions are held with the parents.
AGE
From 8 years old.
SESSION LENGTH
50 minutes