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The boundaries between person centred counselling, psychodynamic counselling and psychotherapy are often blurred and much depends upon the approach, training and experience of the counsellor. Psychodynamic counsellors, for example, may sometimes call themselves psychotherapists as the basis of their work is derived from the same psychoanalytic roots, whereas person centred counselling is derived from the humanistic tradition. Each approach has its own particular merits and, of course, one size does not fit all! Psychotherapy includes all the tasks of counselling but also involves a much deeper exploration of the self and the personality, which enables the client to change decisions made very early in childhood or unwanted patterns in their life. Psychotherapy is often seen as a longer term approach than counselling but this is not necessarily so. In either case, the length of the treatment will depend upon the severity of the problem and the techniques employed. John is a fully qualified counsellor trained in both the person centred and psychodynamic approaches and he is now in advanced post graduate training as a Gestalt psychotherapist. He also has extensive experience of addiction work. John may therefore use a range of techniques taken from counselling, addictions theory or psychotherapy as most appropriate. Sue is a fully qualified counsellor trained in person centred, motivational and solution focused approaches and she is now in further training and working towards becoming a Transactional Analyst psychotherapist. She also has extensive experience of addiction work. Sue may therefore use a range of techniques taken from counselling, addictions theory or psychotherapy as most appropriate. Sue and John are both fully insured to work as counsellors, psychotherapists
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