01 What is a Self-Help protocol or Treatment plan?
The AIM of this section of the website is to demonstrate to you, that if you are prepared to work on your own personal issues with time, energy, and your available resources and skills, you will find what you need to do that. The approach on the website is Cognitive-Behavioural, the original CB approach called Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy. Please encourage yourself by reading on...
Doing your own Treatment Plan
Recently in England a trial took place where people who were on waiting lists for professional clincians e.g. psychologists psychiatrists were given the option of doing some cognitive-behavioral work online if they were capable of doing so. The results were within a reasonably short time, a reduction of near to 50% of people on those waiting lists.
On the ONLINE COUNSELLOR website you will find all the tools necessary to help yourself do very much the same.
Forming your own treatment plan necessitates some initial work doing assessment so that you get a handle on where to best work for the most effective outcome in your life.
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Self-survey
First you do a self-survey to give some reflection and feedback to the counsellor and to yourself about 5 areas of life in which an upsetting presenting issues of strong negative emotions, behaviours, social environment, physical reactions etc. are listed.
Prioritise
On this website is a unique adaption of a tool to help you sort out what to work on first.
MOOD profiles
There are eight reasonably common MOODs that the ONLINE COUNSELLING website can help you form your own treatment plan with. MOODs are a general description for describing your awareness of the context, the behaviours, the thinking, and the impact of a disturbing mood upon your quality of life.
KEY SKILL Modules
There are 5 specific skill modules you can purchase help with to give you a base from which to work on your specific targeted Moods. The assessment process is meant to help you identify which of those modules you need to work on first.
HERE are some of the skills you can learn in this exciting approach online.
- Understanding the theory base of a Cognitive approach to self-help
- Understanding the ABC model for unpacking situations, thoughts and moods
- Learning how to rate your MOODs
- Learning how to identify Automatic Thoughts
- Identifying the HOT thoughts to target for change
- Learning how to test for irrational CORE beliefs
- Learning how to arrive at alternative rational thinking
- Forming experiment plans to TEST new beliefs
- Forming ACTION PLANS to solve problems
- Learning strategies suited to specific MOODs.
HOMEWORK
There are many techniques available to assign you in your personal start page to assist you to achieve success with your personal treatment plan.
FREE MATERIAL
A lot of free material is available on this website for downloading to read, or use. Quality REBT essays on useful topics. Short handouts on every day topics.
FEES
Because you are largely working on things yourself with minimal professional input, or sufficient when required, the cost of using this process, should you be able to take advantage of it, will save you a lot of money. This makes this new approach a very cost-effective one IF you use it wisely.
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THROUGHOUT the process you will be tutored and supervised by the ONLINE COUNSELLOR providing you with resource, training, and advice.
COUNSELLING SESSIONS
There are counselling slots available to engage the ONLINE COUNSELLOR for personal advice, coaching, and counselling online via SKYPE (www.skype.com) or via the secure chatroom within the website.
ENJOY!!
