Eight common misunderstandings about psychological counseling

There are problems with children's emotional management, different parenting styles between husband and wife, and disharmony in family relations ... It is often said that these problems can be discussed with psychological counselors. What exactly is psychological counseling? What's the difference between chatting with a psychiatrist and chatting with friends? What if the child goes to psychological counseling and cannot express or explain his troubles clearly? Mo Ziting, director of Grace Psychological Counseling Office, joined psychologists Yang and Mo, and in the radio program "The True Color of the New Hunter" on Star Radio, * * * answered eight common misunderstandings in psychological counseling.

Modern people often turn to a psychologist to solve the problems of children's upbringing or family relations, but do you know what counseling is for? Psychological counseling experts Mo Ziting, Yang Hemo answered 8 common misunderstandings of psychological counseling.

Myth 1: Adult counseling is not just chatting, but chatting with friends has the same effect!

Expert interpretation: Psychological counseling is chatting with a psychological counselor in a small room, which looks like chatting with friends in form. However, according to the Psychologist Law, psychological counseling has been included in the medical scope and needs to be carried out by the holder, which is basically an effective treatment. In the process of sit-in chat, consulting psychologists helps visitors to know themselves more directionally, feel their own state, construct new methods with visitors and face difficulties through professional training. The whole conversation has goals and directions, and we will also support customer actions and changes.

Myth 2: Being a counselor is a problem.

Expert interpretation: Psychological consultation is just like going to see a cold, which is psychological family medicine. Just like seeing a family doctor or a pediatrician when you have a cold, you will also catch a cold psychologically. In life, there will always be problems of maladjustment and too much pressure that cannot be solved. At this time, you will come to psychological counseling. We will also tell our clients that people who consult are courageous people who have the courage to face their current difficulties. In the process of facing, they gradually find that their transformation in the predicament is very powerful.

Myth 3: Go to the consultation, and the consultant will tell me what to do.

Expert interpretation: psychological counseling is like a cold. If you have a cold, take the medicine once and you may be fine after eating it. But the counselor is not a magician and can't answer a question. We may be able to answer some questions directly, but we pay more attention to the cooperation with the client and discuss the problems he is currently facing. We usually ask the client, has your problem just happened, or has it existed for a long time, but it is getting bigger and bigger? If the problem has been with you for more than ten years, how can you expect it again? Be sure to take some time to solve the problem slowly. People will encounter different problems at each stage, and consultation sometimes seems to be a long-term companionship process.