Why You Must Understand Psychotherapy – Dr. Edwin Morah

Do you ever feel too overwhelmed to deal with the challenges you face daily? If you do, there is a solution specifically designed with your particular case in mind.

Dr. Edwin Ifeatu Morah has provided the mechanism to solve the myriad of problems you face.

He said this during a training section titled “You are not alone” recently held at their Facility Center in Enugu.

According to him, “most adults all over the world are experiencing depression, anxiety or another mental disorder in any given year, while others need help coping with a serious illness, losing weight or stopping smoking.

The vast majority struggle to cope with relationship troubles, job loss, and the death of a loved one, stress, substance abuse or other issues.

And these problems can often become debilitating.

What is psychotherapy?

Psychotherapy is a collaborative treatment based on the relationship between an individual and a psychologist.

A psychologist can help you work through such problems. Through psychotherapy, psychologists help people of all ages live happier, healthier and more productive lives.

In psychotherapy, psychologists apply scientifically validated procedures to help people develop healthier, more effective habits. There are several approaches to psychotherapy.

These include cognitive-behaviour, interpersonal and other kinds of talk therapy that has proven to help individuals work through their problems.

Grounded in dialogue, it provides a supportive environment that allows you to talk openly with someone who’s objective, neutral and nonjudgmental.

You and your psychologist will work together to identify and change the thought and behavioural patterns that are keeping you from feeling your best.

By the time you’re done with our training sessions, you will not only have solved the problem that brought you in, but you will have learned new skills so you can better cope with whatever challenges arise in the future.

When should you consider psychotherapy?

Because of the many misconceptions about psychotherapy, “you may be reluctant to try it out. Even if you know the realities instead of the myths, you may feel nervous about trying it yourself.

Feeling depressed, anxious or angry, overcoming that nervousness is worth it. That’s because any time your quality of life isn’t what you want it to be, psychotherapy can help.

Some people seek psychotherapy because they have felt depressed, anxious or angry for a long time.

Others may want help for a chronic illness that is interfering with their emotional or physical well-being. Still, others may have short-term problems they need help navigating.

They may be going through a divorce, facing an empty nest, feeling overwhelmed by a new job or grieving a family member’s death, for example.

Signs that you could benefit from therapy include

Feeling overwhelmed by circumstances, prolonged sense of helplessness and sadness.

Your problems don’t seem to get better despite your efforts and help from family and friends.

You find it difficult to concentrate on work assignments or to carry out other everyday activities.

You worry excessively, expect the worst or are constantly on edge.

Your actions, such as drinking too much alcohol, using drugs or being aggressive, are harming you or others.

What are the different kinds of psychotherapy?

There are many different approaches to psychotherapy. Psychologists generally draw on one or more of these.

Each theoretical perspective acts as a roadmap to help the psychologist understand their clients and their problems and develop solutions.

The kind of treatment you receive will depend on a variety of factors: current psychological research, your psychologist’s theoretical orientation and what works best for your situation.

Your psychologist’s theoretical perspective will affect what goes on in his or her office.

Psychologists who use cognitive-behavioural therapy, for example, have a practical approach to treatment.

Your psychologist might ask you to tackle certain tasks designed to help you develop more effective coping skills.

This approach often involves homework assignments. Your psychologist might ask you to gather more information, such as logging your reactions to a particular situation as they occur, or your psychologist might want you to practice new skills between sessions, such as asking someone with an elevator phobia to practice pushing elevator buttons.

You might also have reading assignments so you can learn more about a particular topic.

In contrast, psychoanalytic and humanistic approaches typically focus more on talking than doing.

You might spend your sessions discussing your early experiences to help you and your psychologist better understand the root causes of your current problems.

Your psychologist may combine elements from several styles of psychotherapy. In fact, most therapists don’t tie themselves to anyone approach.

Instead, they blend elements from different approaches and tailor their treatment according to each client’s needs.

The main thing to know is whether your psychologist has expertise in the area you need help with and whether your psychologist feels he or she can help you.

The good news is PSYCHOCONSULT  understands your peculiar needs.

Psychoconsult helps families, couples, individuals, and children with mental health, trauma, grief and life changes.

Psychoconsult believes that our psychological well-being as humans is intimately tied to the health and sustainability of our families, communities, and world.

According to Dr. Morah, “we are dedicated to offering accessible counseling services that integrate a variety of psychotherapy approaches guided by the values. We provide Psychotherapy for children, teens, adults, couples, families, and groups”

“Our focus in Psychotherapy is to provide a rich opportunity for growth and learning, helping persons to recover from the aftermaths of trauma, abuse, and loss, meet the hardships of their lives and thrive.”

With its commitment to affordability and multi-cultural corps of eclectically trained clinicians, Psychoconsult is uniquely poised to meet the needs of these persons.

Drawing from a wide variety of contemporary modalities, each of our clinicians is selected for their training, as well as their commitment to providing accessible, inclusive, holistic care.

Apart from taking care of you personally, we also engage in holistic training, ensuring you understand and learn how to take total control of your life.

We achieve this by unveiling and imparting to you our years of the tested training process that enables individuals to transform their life from despondency to joyful living and self-doubt to self-belief.

He further stated that one good thing about this training (Self-Enhancement Training) is that you are in charge of your life. You will be offered the opportunity to be taking absolute control of the healing process.

The best part is that you don’t have to be a professional to benefit from the training we offer, you can be trained to know how and when to deal with psychological issues as it relates to you.

He went further to list some of the things you will learn when trained in the art, which includes the following:

• Self-confidence and increased productivity
• Techniques for improving memory
• Colour therapy
• Deep muscle relaxation
• Thought stopping
• Sleep meditation
• Open focus
• Breath yourself to health
• Sensate focus
• Psycho-visualization
• Stress inoculation
• Paradoxical intentions
• Emotional Intelligence

And at the end of the day, there are lots of Psychological Tests to evaluate yourself. Groups and workshops for varying communities on a myriad of topics

For more information about us and our activities visit www.psychoconsult.com.ng

About the author: Dr. Edwin Ifeatu Morah is a practicing psychotherapist for over thirty years. He has worked with Businessmen and women, politicians, leaders, students, and adolescents going through various emotional and psychological problems. He holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.