Individual Counseling

The truth is that challenges present themselves in various forms and fashions. However, solutions to overcome these challenges are also available in the form of treatment. But having said that, in many situations, they aren’t evident as the obstacles themselves. This is where individual therapy and counseling come into play. Through individual counseling, the counselor can look at issues from a different perspective, professionally analyze the situation, and then help the client with strategies they can implement to overcome the above obstacles.

Individual counseling offers a range of benefits, together with the ability to talk about feelings and emotions with a person you can trust. For clients with mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder, individual counseling facilitates a person to speak about symptoms. Other benefits include-

• Improving self-awareness
• Improving communication skills
• Self-exploration
• Getting a new and positive view.

If you feel individual counseling can be beneficial for you, you can always connect with Lifebulb using our 24x7 active helpline. You can also find us online; simply search ‘individual counseling near me, ‘personal counseling near me,’ or ‘counseling in my area.’

• Extreme emotions, such as sadness or anger
• Recent trauma, like the death of a loved one or divorce
• Substance abuse
• Issues at work
• Loss of enjoyment of activities
• Strained family or personal relationships

• Individual therapy sessions offer people a place to voice their issues and be heard. In a culture that discourages emotional expression, psychotherapy advocates for it, which is incredibly healing all by itself.
• You can work collectively with your therapist to eliminate, alter, or lessen any psychological symptoms—for instance, despair, worry, lack of motivation, etc.
• Helps to change problematic behavioral patterns
• Encourages personal growth

There are many distinct types of counseling, and various circumstances require various mental health therapy techniques. Some of them are listed below.

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) - Although initially meant to treat borderline personality disorder (BPD), several counselors now use it for treating chronic anxiety, depression, and other issues.

Mindfulness Training: Thoroughly dispensed mindfulness training can help you cope better with the severity of a situation. The treatment includes learning how to relax tensed-up muscles, especially in response to a trigger, appreciating simple everyday pleasures through practical exercises, reducing the monotony of daily routine, and more.

Experiential Therapy: Experiential therapy is more immersive and holistic for its takers than other forms of treatment. Experiential therapy emphasizes action over talk, helping clients unlock alternative modes of healing.

Relapse Prevention Therapy: This form of cognitive behavioral therapy helps people develop skills to prevent a foreseeable relapse. RPT plays a crucial role in a successful rehabilitation program.

Mirror Therapy: Mirror therapy is primarily directed toward amputees and stroke issues. It is used to create the reflective illusion of the affected limb to trick the amputee's brain into thinking that movement has occurred in the removed limb without pain.

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy- A relatively new dialectical behavioral therapy, or DBT, emphasizes the development of new abilities to lessen obstacles. Mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and emotional control are all skill modules.

Solution-Focused- The personal therapist works one-on-one with clients to analyze how they have handled issues in the past, potential exceptions, and potential next steps.

Existential Counseling - Existential Counseling in individual therapy sessions offers a holistic approach to individual counseling sessions that existential therapy attempts to provide. It's a treatment approach that aims to objectively examine the entirety of the individual's experience rather than simply the past.

Individual therapy programs or counseling treatment typically last a few months to even years. The frequency and duration of personal therapy will mostly depend on your needs, treatment goals, and progress.

Your first session with a Lifebulb therapist or counselor won't simply be a background or demographic information-gathering session. We know deciding to get help is a big deal and a difficult step. That's why our first session with you will be about providing you with the help you're seeking and proving that the personal therapy process can work with the right effort and commitment from both sides.

If you are experiencing an emergency, please call 911 immediately.

While Lifebulb is not a crisis center and Lifebulb therapists and counselors are not emergency services, we understand that urgent matters can and will pop up from time to time. You will have direct email and phone access to your therapist, who will make their best effort to be available to you when you reach out. Depending on your specific treatment plan, your therapist may provide you with resources to use or contact when situations occur beyond the scope of your therapy work together.