Psychotherapy
As a member of the public in any community and society of the
world, you have the right to know what psychotherapy is, and of what benefits
it can bring to the people in general.
It is also your right to know who clinical psychotherapists
are, where they can be found, how easily accessible they are and the kind of
services they offer the general public.
You also have a right as a member of the public in any
community of the world, what psychotherapy day celebration stands for; how this
day became what is being celebrated across the globe and who were those
instrumental in bringing this about.
Your rights to the information mentioned above on this
discourse can only be gotten from the authentic psychotherapy association and
clinical psychotherapy practitioners across the world.
What then is
Psychotherapy?
Psychotherapy in its simplest term is the application of
psychological knowledge in finding solutions to mental health problems of
people by professional experts and practitioners such as:-
1.
Clinical
psychotherapists.
2.
Psycho-spiritual
care providers.
3.
Certified
professional counselors or chaplain counselors.
Some the psychotherapeutic treatment and care is carried out
with the employment of psychological knowledge and skills without any
medication or drugs.
However in some cases psychotherapy is done in combination
with medication and drugs, depending on the severity and magnitude of the
problem at hand. It must be made clear at this juncture that psychotherapists
are not trained to administer drugs or medications to clients and that whenever
their clients require medication or drugs, referrals are made to medical
practitioners who are licensed to prescribe and administer drugs to patients,
though psychotherapists may work in collaboration with medical practitioner
(physicians) in their psychotherapeutic centers and clinics.
Who are
Psychotherapists?
Psychotherapists are mental health care professionals and
experts, who have been professionally trained and equipped to provide
therapeutic care and services to people who are suffering from mental health
issues and challenges both in public and private domains.
These professionals are usually certified and licensed to
provide clinical care and services to various clients or care recipients in
their professional practice to enable them resilient and bounce back to
normalcy in order to live a meaningful and fulfill life.
Clinical psychotherapists, psychospiritual care therapists
are in existence in every society in the world to help ensure wholeness and
wellness to the generality of the people of our world who are overwhelmed by
one problem or the other seeking needed solutions to such problems.
Psychotherapists in their trainings, are usually made to
study counseling intervention and psychotherapy as counseling usually precedes
psychotherapeutic care and services in practice.
How has Psychotherapy
Day Celebration come into Existence?
Professional practitioners of any given profession have a
duty and mandate to promote and project their professions and services they are
prepared to offer the public.
In the case of psychotherapy profession, a group of
practicing clinical psychotherapists and their students came together in the
United States of America to institute the national day of psychotherapy which
is celebrated on 25th day of September every year.
The coming together of these psychotherapy professionals and
their students institutionalize psychotherapy day celebration and also given
birth to psychotherapy association in the US, Britain, United Kingdom and other
nations of the world.
Nigeria and other nations in the continent of Africa and
beyond should not be left lout in the scheme of things and this is our reasons
for domesticating psychotherapy day celebration in the continent of Africa and
beyond. 25th day of the month of September annually becomes
psychotherapy day.
Where in Walks of Life
can these Professionals be found?
Clinical psychotherapists, psychospiritual therapists are
useful in all walks of life most especially in the followings:-
a.
Mental
health sector.
b.
Suicide
prevention.
c.
Addiction
and rehabilitation works.
d.
Human
trafficking prevention.
e.
Human
slavery.
NB: Although clinical psychotherapists, psychospiritual
therapists, counselors and chaplains can work in the public, but my advocacy is
for them to consider private professional practice and service delivery.
Chap. David Mike-Jacobs
CPC, CPST, CCE
Professor of
Anthropology, Certified Clinical Psychotherapist
7th Sept.
AD2020
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