A Crash Course for Counseling Clients

Originally published on YouTube 1/15/25.
Consider this video your orientation training to being a client in counseling/psychotherapy. The main purpose of therapy is relearning implicitly learned (through emotional experiences) thoughts/beliefs, feelings, and behaviors through gaining insight and healing. You and your therapist can achieve this through various approaches. So, here is some guidance to help you, the client, get the most out of the experience!

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For further study:
Introducing Integrity Christian Counseling: https://youtu.be/TPU1HtsZABg
Tori Olds video on What Is Good Therapy: https://youtu.be/LpM1oIll8Eg?si=_yMv-LBH3fOKcngR
Transformational Change of Attachment, Schemas, and Sexuality through Memory Reconsolidation: https://youtu.be/yDL7zOIMYvQ
Reasonable Outcomes to Expect for Sexuality Counseling and Ex-Gay Ministry: https://youtu.be/-db2gUzPHws
The Self-State Model for Self-Regulation for Sexuality: https://youtu.be/YLhWwE2RSW4
The Importance of Individual Integrity: https://youtu.be/LDnJpWlOqlo
What Are Emotions For? https://youtu.be/p-k86zW2NwA
Casting Your Anxiety on God: A More Informed Approach: https://youtu.be/Fqb94uehyrY
Thoughts or Feelings: The Difference and Importance: https://youtu.be/0IzDLkU8vFI
Masculinity and Emotions: https://youtu.be/8jSa0WVinuc
Deliverance or Sustenance: https://youtu.be/E61Cc8TcaUE
Lost Ways of Knowing in Christianity: https://youtu.be/uoY4qJascmg

Timestamps:
01:49 The purpose of therapy.
11:02 Methods for insight and healing.
11:16 Inquiry-investigation method.
14:30 Somatic body work method.
16:32 Memory reprocessing (reconsolidation) method.
18:20 Must get back into learning mode.
24:27 Tips for therapy.
24:31 Come to therapy with a goal.
33:32 Prepare for resistance.
38:55 Get familiar with emotions/feelings.
45:07 Reduce threat reactions (like shame and fear) that get in the way of curiosity and learning.
49:57 Take notes and journal.
53:09 Supplement your therapy with independent learning and experiences (books, podcasts, mentorship, intensives, retreats).
57:01 Closing thoughts.

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-Andrew Rodriguez