For Professional Counseling Sarasota Residents Check Listings

By Paulette Mason


Emotional disorders can only grow worse without professional help. The sooner the person is treated the better as is the case with physical disorders. For those citizens in the area looking for counseling sarasota offers listings of mental health professionals.

An example of an obsessed individual is one who washes her hands dozens of times a day. She washes them carefully with soap, yet never feels they are as clean as they should be. She ends up with dry, rough skin and is unhappy about this repeat behavior.

One example of obsessive behavior is the person who locks the door to her home when leaving. She twists the doorknob to make sure it is locked. That is smart. However, she walks a few steps away and turns and checks it again. She may repeat this action five or six times.

She knows she has locked it. She knows it is pointless to check it five times. Yet she is driven to continue repeating this action every time she leaves her home.

Therapies range from psychoanalysis to operant conditioning. In between lie many variations. Psychologists who are licensed and social workers with a masters degree are able to offer counseling. Each therapist and client must be friendly enough to work together. They must also be detached enough to maintain a professional relationship.

The different types of counseling include the long duration psychoanalysis and the brief and to the point cognitive behavioral therapy. Psychoanalysis requires a considerable investment of both time and money. A client may take three or four sessions a week to explore his life from day one to present.

This is impractical. There are short-term types such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. This tackles the immediate problem. A series of counseling sessions are agreed to.

The fastest way to resolve the problem is the one used. Therapist and client agree on how long the course of therapy will be. Counseling focuses on the current situation.

She may first be shown pictures of spiders of all sizes and colors. Then she may see a display of dead spiders in a glass display case. A movie about spiders is the next step.

There might be a trip to a facility where live spiders are displayed behind glass. Next, there may be a trip to a nature center. There visitors see them taken out of their containers.

The next step might be visiting a dog park where they are allowed to run free. She may work up to allowing dogs to approach her and sniff her feet. Her day of success arrives when she is able to pet a dog.

Now she will not discover what made her afraid. She is unlikely to adopt a canine pet. But, walking down the street she will no longer experience intense fear as someone passes her with a dog on a leash.

A counselor can help rid her of excessive fear. She is unlikely to want to see spiders in the future. However, she may be able to kill one with a broom if no one is home when one crawls over the floor.




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