What is counseling?

Counseling is contacting a professional with whom you can bind a relationship of personal cooperation, which can help you solve your crisis situations, it can help you understand your problems and your own behaviors that keep those problems alive, you can learn new behaviors and understand the situation in order to take the best decision.

The purpose of counseling is helping the client adapt better, focus on the present and the future, on the client’s resources and benefit from the support he or she needs to solve the conflicts or to get over a difficult situation.


What is online counseling/life coaching?

Online counseling/coaching generally refers to the provision of professional services via Internet communication technology; it could be by e-mail, live chat, video or even Internet phone.


The advantages of meeting a professional online:

• The counselor is a click away, no matter what your location is around the world

• Convenience - clients may engage in the counseling process from the comfort of their homes or offices, at times that are most convenient for them

• It is ideal for clients who are housebound (such as the elderly or infirm) for those who reside in areas far from a professional’s office, or for expats who just prefer a counselor that speaks their native language

• Comfortable for clients with fear of exposing personal information because there is a sense of safety provided by talking from your own computer

• The whole process is anonymous and confidential

• It is less expensive than traditional in-person sessions

What is life coaching?

Life Coaching is a partnership between the life coach and the client where they address specific projects to achieve performance. Starting from the believe that all the answers to his questions or challenges reside inside the client, the life coach is supporting him in his journey of reaching his goals.

Together with the life coach you can:

• Set up a specific goal (if you didn’t do that already)

• Explore the specific elements, challenges and obstacles

• Set up an action plan

• Keep a flexible, yet firm position in achieving the goal

• Make the most of your potential

• Get feed-back every step of the way

• Achieve your personal best

Can I take medication and benefit from counseling at the same time?

Of course you can, there are certain life situations in which people need help from various sources. This means that a combination of the medication your mental health specialist prescribed and the support of a counselor could be a lot more useful and could solve your problem a lot faster than just one of the methods. It is just like having two helping hands pulling you out from a difficult situation, instead of one.

Very often, in the case of the clients that take prescription medication, it can make them feel a lot more comfortable, more relaxed during counseling sessions, which can improve the whole counseling process and the results.


Confidentiality

Contents of all counseling and life coaching sessions are considered to be confidential. Both verbal information and written records about a client cannot be shared with another party without the written consent of the client according to the privacy policy.