About Therapy
Therapy is available for Adults and Teenagers that are having difficulties in their lives, are feeling stuck, overwhelmed or unmotivated.
Life can throw a lot at you. Whether it’s a combination of external factors that make you feel helpless or some big transitions that put a lot of anxiety-inducing questions and thoughts in your head, there are times when life can feel pretty overwhelming. Our Society has long upheld a stigma regarding mental health and seeking professional help but thankfully that stigma is dissipating by the day.
Psychotherapy, or talk therapy, is a way to help people with a broad variety of mental illnesses and emotional difficulties. Psychotherapy can help eliminate or control troubling symptoms so a person can function better and can increase well-being and healing.
Problems helped by psychotherapy include difficulties in coping with daily life; the impact of trauma, medical illness or loss, like the death of a loved one; and specific mental disorders, like depression or anxiety. There are several different types of psychotherapy and some types may work better with certain problems or issues. Psychotherapy may be used in combination with medication or other therapies.
When life gets hard, don’t do it all alone.
Does Psychotherapy Work?
Research shows that most people who receive psychotherapy experience symptom relief and are better able to function in their lives. About 75 percent of people who enter psychotherapy show benefit from it. Psychotherapy has been shown to improve emotions and behaviours and to be linked with positive changes in the brain and body.
With the use of brain imaging techniques researchers have been able to see changes in the brain after a person has undergone psychotherapy. Numerous studies have identified brain changes in people with mental illness (including depression, panic disorder, PTSD and other conditions) as a result of undergoing psychotherapy. In most cases, the brain changes resulting from psychotherapy were similar to changes resulting from medication.
To help get the most out of psychotherapy, approach the therapy as a collaborative effort, be open and honest, and follow your agreed-upon plan for treatment. Follow through with any assignments between sessions, such as writing in a journal or practising what you’ve talked about.
Therapy for Teenagers
Adolescence can be a quite demanding period of life, where changes take place socially, physically, and mentally. It is a period of development where a natural detachment from parents and family can occur, and where peers assume a more significant role.
Despite being a period of change, opportunity, dreams and achievements, it can also be a period for self-doubt, insecurity and isolation. This, in some instances, can manifest itself in anxiety, stress, self-harm and suicide ideation. The aim of therapy is to provide support and help to the adolescent and, therefore, to their family, by identifying the difficulties that are being experienced, the causes behind it and by providing the means to resolve it.
Equestrian Focused Therapy
Are you an Eventer? Do you compete in Show Jumping? Do you work as a Jockey? Is Hunting a winter pursuit you enjoy? Are you a new Mum and your body feels nervous riding?
At Red Door, a specialised 10-week Equestrian focused therapy intervention was created. It has successfully helped many equestrians regulate their para symptomatic nervous system. A combination of Psycho-Education integrated with Person-Centred Therapy has focused on the unique challenges Equestrians face.