Hosanna Counseling Ministries
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Hosanna Counseling Ministries |
Hosanna Counseling Ministries offers a full array of professional Christian counseling options. Listed are the kinds of therapy offered:
~The Therapeutic Process~ Psychotherapy is a journey into the very heart of one's existence. It is a process by which one learns to experience themselves and their relationships with God and others in ways that are more congruent to their true nature. It is not intended to be a quick fix but is a process by which one learns how to live a different lifestyle, to experience themselves differently, and to experience relationships with God and others in new ways.
Therapy unfolds in unique ways that vary from therapist to therapist. The following describes the typical client/therapist experience at Hosanna Counseling Ministries. Phase 1 ╬ You begin with the first session in which you help your therapist to understand the nature and history of the problem you are experiencing.
╬ Your therapist will begin to put together a picture of you as your therapist gets to know you as a person.
╬ You and your therapist begin to form an alliance together and mutually develop a felt sense about what it is like to work together.
╬ You commit to engage in this process honestly and authentically.
╬ You also commit to me that you will tell your therapist if anything said feels disingenuine to you.
Phase 2
╬ 8 to 12 weeks have passed and together you and your therapist have identified your short and long term goals.
╬ You now begin the process of experimenting with strategies to produce some relief from the problems you have identified and begin to create new ways to help you more effectively cope with feelings/issues/problems that arise.
╬ If, while in the course of dealing with these matters, you begin to encounter the deeper roots of these issues, you may begin the work of processing these accordingly and then develop the path of therapy and the journey of healing which evolves in an organic manner, defined by you and your therapist through mutual consent.
╬ You and your therapist determine what it is that you would like to have happen before you walk out the door, in order to feel as if the work you have wanted to do has been accomplished. It would be your therapist's sincere hope that everything you had hoped could be produced by your coming here has been achieved. Phase 3 ╬ This is typically the termination phase in which you both review the goals you have accomplished and the ways in which you have internalized what you have learned. On a Session-by-Session Basis ╬ Sessions are often left open-ended, as the therapist would rather not direct what is covered in a particular session on an ongoing basis. The reasoning for this is that you may come to a session with a question or issue on your heart, and if the therapist's own question/statement takes you off to an area/subject where you never intended to go – then, your own personal process would be neglected.
╬ Usually, you and your therapist will talk about your week in its relevance to the issues that you are dealing with.
╬ There may be something you discovered in the previous session that you would like to discuss.
╬ There may be a homework assignment that you can review together.
╬ We may discuss how you are feeling in the moment.
╬ And, depending on your priority, you and your therapist may pray together.
╬ It is often highly recommended to commit to the process of attending one full session per week. ~And, often times there is a certain amount of relief which can be produced by a first session which can be misleading. This is referred to as the “flight into health” and may lead you to conclude that the problem is now solved because you feel better. This is an aspect of a more complex phenomenon which may actually be experienced as resistance to coming to therapy. This is often a sign that something important and unresolved is nearing the surface. And finally, a session that begins with an experience where you are not feeling sure of what to talk about can be very productive and meaningful. Trusting the process is one of the most important parts of therapy.
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