“I am really not only a man of practice whatsoever….
I’m practically nothing but a conquistador by temperament, an adventurer.”
(Sigmund Freud, letter to Fleiss, 1900)
“If you deliver forth that which can be in you, that which you produce forth will be your salvation”.
With every major invention, every technical ratcheting forward human history has been irrevocably altered. Some of the most pivotal alterations have been the result of the least dramatic and perhaps least glamorous discoveries, such as the toilet and interior plumbing. Massive changes followed the introduction of those little white bowls in the average home, most notably the decrease of acute epidemic disease and the increase in the human life-span, which, in turn has had a ripple effect on everything we think and undertake.
If we have 80 years to live instead of 40, well, then we have more time to get educated, we can wait to be married, we can pursue more than one career. Perhaps the most notable effect of our recent longevity has been the illusion that somehow life can (even should) go on indefinitely if we can only get a hold of that slippery little gene or remember to take that new antioxidant.
The past number of years have shown a growing recognition for the role of Counseling and Psychotherapy as a method of helping individuals to overcome a variety of conditions and emotional problems from issues with past experiences to relationship and work related issues and personal behavioral problems. In addition to this, many leading organizations, big or small are increasingly using psychologists and those with a background in Psychology to assist in the research and design of products and marketing activities as well. As a result, it’s really hard to ignore the fact that in recent times the demand for mental health professionals, i.e. psychotherapists or counselors has increased dramatically and in the coming years it is expected to continue to grow at dynamic pace, becoming one of the best paid areas in the field of mental health care.
Today, the arena of psychotherapy encompasses a broad category of mental health professionals who help individuals and families work through mental or emotional disorders by psychological means. Though, a psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker or mental health nurse can perform the role of a counselor or psychotherapist, the mental health care professional who has undertaken a degree in psychotherapy will be in ever greater demand. So, if you are really looking forward to becoming a counselor or a psychotherapist, you must earn a degree in psychotherapy. Attaining a degree in psychotherapy and counseling can be a real benefit for you. In fact, in recent times, it has emerged as the basic requirement for a psychotherapist’s license in many European countries.