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This is not an exhaustive list, but this post lists some of the problems that clients have brought to my psychodynamic counselling/psychotherapy practice over the years:
- Affairs.
- Anger (investigating triggers, managing responses, anger management etc).
- Anxiety.
- Bereavement and loss.
- Bullying.
- Career options.
- Concerns about academic matters.
- Critical Incident Stress counselling (eg an incident at work or socially that has left you distressed and maybe developing a phobia).
- Death of a partner/loved one.
- Depression.
- Destructive behaviour towards relationships.
- Divorce/Separation.
- Family matters.
- Gender identity (gender dysphoria).
- HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus).
- Homesickness or isolation.
- LGBT issues (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender).
- Life-style issues (eg drug and alcohol use, eating patterns, sleep patterns).
- Low self-esteem.
- Money problems.
- Obsessive behaviour.
- Personal development.
- Problems with Relationship communication.
- Rape (both male-rape and female-rape).
- Relationship problems.
- Self-harm (eg cutting / drinking).
- Sexual identity (gay, lesbian, bisexual, heterosexual etc).
- Sexual problems.
- Sexual promiscuity.
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (STD / STI).
- Split agendas within significant relationships.
- Social problems.
- Stress.
- “Stucked-ness” – wishing to move on with life events (eg getting married) but being hesitant.
- Suicidal thoughts / Suicide attempts.
- Support for medical procedures.
- Survivor of violent attack.
- Survivors of incest.
- Survivors of major accident (eg road accident).
- Time-related distresses (eg behaviour seemingly repeating periodically such as periods of depression around the same point in the year).
- Unemployment struggles/depression.
- Unexplainable behavioural changes (eg changes in personality or perception when drinking socially).
- Work performance.
- Work problems.
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See also What could Couples Counselling help with.
Counselling Methodology: Psychodynamic Counselling Methodology
Related Reading:
Attachment and Loss: Attachment v.1: Attachment Vol 1 (Attachment & loss)The first book in a psychology trilogy, this study examines the processes that take place in attachment and separation and shows how experimental studies of children reveal a recognizable behaviour pattern which is confirmed by discoveries in the biological sciences.
