Child Psychology

Child psychology is one of many psychological specialties that focuses on the early life of a child. Clinical psychologists usually receive additional training in providing long-term mental health therapy than school psychologists. Their programs are more clinically targeted than those of developmental psychologists. Clinical child psychologists are thought of as health service providers. However, their training specifically get them set for other roles like consultants or researchers.

Child psychologists assess and treat children, teenagers and adolescents. They focus on formative years and essentially help kids address issues like parents' separation/divorce, death, and family or school switch. Their clients could include kids with myriads of developmental issues that can arise from learning disabilities to mild/severe mental ailment.

A partial list of problems they treat includes autism, anxiety, attention deficit disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and adjustment disorder. An integral part of their duty is deciding the best treatment procedure to undertake when a complex set of symptoms is presented.

Counselling

We all tend to face one form of struggle or the other in the course of life. More often than not, counsellors are one of the primary resources people in dire need of succour and psychological support consult to find relief and overcome stress. They are professionals with a strong sense of empathy, kindness and commitment to helping people.

By walking through the issues with them without judging or criticising but rather offering a listening ear and full support, counselees gain a better understanding of their feelings and thought processes. They are able to find solutions to their own problems, make informed decision on their mental and emotional well-being, their relationships and their future.

Counsellors support clients with a variety of issues like marital conflict, difficulty with dating, infidelity, trust problems, relationship stress, sexual dissatisfaction, money stress, managing break-ups, separation and divorce, and many others. They also help in managing period of depression, periodic/consistent anxiety concerns, alcohol and drug addiction, eating disorder and career counselling.

Psychiatry

Psychiatry is the branch of medicine focused on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental, emotional and behavioural disorders. Psychiatrists are doctors who specialises in treating people with mental health, including substance use disorders.

Unlike alternative fields of medicine, the treatment regimen in psychiatry could change considerably depending on how the patient is receptive to medication or therapy. With appropriate psychological, emotional and social support, patients with severe mental symptoms begin to reflect appreciable improvement and are eventually re-integrated into the society.

Psychiatrists treat a variety of mental illnesses ranging from moderate and temporary to severe and acute, however not all cases require medications. For example, depression - which could be a form of mental illness that involves intense feelings of sadness and general lack of motivation, may be effectively treated through therapies, and does not require medication in most cases.

Life Coaching

A life coach could be a skilled professional who helps you reach a goal or build a desired change in your life; motivate you to get out of your head and start taking steps in the areas of your life that you would like changed. They mentor you through processes and methods by asking piercing questions that make you evaluate your ideas and choose the steps required in order to succeed in your goal, or make crucial modifications.

Then, they play the necessary roles of motivator, adviser and accountability partner. Their aim is to help you reach your desired goal in the most efficient, forcible and compensatory way possible. Life coaches are not just additional counselor or consultant, rather they walk you through the achievement triangle from the beginning to the end, from the planning stage all the way through to the final stages.

Identifying, redirecting and managing goals to make them realistic and actionable are what life coaches do best. You will of course have a plan of what you want to achieve, however, it may be a bit challenging outlining the various paths toward achieving those set goals by yourself. Or you may think you have a solid goal, but then you begin to realise that it is not what you would like or it is less doable than you thought.

This is where a life coach comes in. They introduce fresh perspectives to things that will make the achievement of the set goals a lot more feasible, and together, you might also discover places where modifications are necessary.

Pastoral Counselling

Pastoral counselling is an aspect where psychologically trained rabbis, imams, priests, ministers and other persons provide therapy services. It is a clinical practice that integrates the concepts of theology and psychology into its framework. It share similar traits with other modes of therapy when it comes to therapeutic process. What sets it apart remarkably is the way spirituality, faith and theology are incorporated into this model. The incorporation of these elements is widely believed by pastor counsellors to foster wholeness, healing and growth in those seeking help.

Some patients newly diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder or emotional imbalance might be reluctant to work with a psychiatrist/psychologist at the initial stage but will be willing to see a clergy member. In situations like this, pastoral counselors can encourage the patient to check in to a mental health institution.

Pastoral counselors are especially well-qualified to manage emotional challenges like bereavement, guilt, coping with severe or terminal illness, facilitating patients’ re-integration into the community life after institutionalisation etc.

Also, some patients categorise their mental illness as retribution for a past wrongdoing or sin, and standard psychotherapy is restricted in its capacity to confront this non-secular belief. To help with this, they may bring into therapy such religious concepts as forgiveness, reverence, stewardship, evil, suffering, and repentance.

Sex Therapy

Sex therapy focuses on the couple’s physical relationship; individual’s liking, fondness and habits relating to sexuality and want. There are several individual expressions of sexuality as there are individual choices for dress or music. Sex therapy is offered to deal with queries or concerns surrounding an individual’s sexuality. It typically addresses the emotional issues underlying sexual issues and employs behavioral techniques to deal with the physical symptoms.

A sex therapist - who could be a psychiatrist, a marriage and family therapist, a psychologist, or a clinical social employee, is a trained professional versed in helping people restore or enhance their ecstasy.

Wellness and Fitness Therapy

Wellness and fitness experts have a responsibility to motivate and assist others to enhance their overall health and wellness. They promote a universal approach to health (mind, body and spirit); not just encouraging physical activity or merely espousing the physical benefits of exercise alone. They believe overall wellness encapsulates the spirit, body which must be kept fit and mind which must be clear. They must be seen as good role models in this regard as they are to show healthy and positive disposition to life themselves, thereby increasing people’s consciousness towards improving their own overall health and wellbeing.

Wellness generally seek improved quality of life, personal development, growth and potential through positive lifestyle, behaviours and attitudes. Specific factors like nutrition, stress coping methods, smart relationship choices and career success have a great bearing on the state of wellness.