1、什麼是心理諮商或心理分析？
簡單來說，就是你聘請了一位心理專業人士，陪同你探討與解決生命中的大大小小事情，甚至了解自己的優劣勢，對於生命中的困擾，有更進一步的認識與了解。
在心理諮商與分析的過程中，你不用擔心你的隱私被別人知道，也不用擔心自己的價值觀被大眾批判。諮商與分析的目的，在於讓你更認識個體跟社會文化的關聯，也更加了解早期的生命經驗，如何影響你的人生。充分的了解，有利於每個人擺脫長期的憂鬱與焦慮，更自在地面對人生。
2、該怎麼從客觀資訊判斷諮商師或分析師是否足以提供專業的服務？
坊間有各式各樣且價錢不一的心理諮商或治療，無論便宜或是昂貴的治療費用，真的反應出這些服務項目的品質嗎？
基本上，大多數的精神科醫師或是心理師，在考取臨床執照後，才可執行心理治療，有無執照，只是執行治療或分析的基本條件。但是一般人鮮少知道，真正專業的心理治療師或是心理分析師，需要另外接受至少5-8年以上的長期培訓，包括自身接受治療、累積治療的實務經驗、以及持續接受臨床督導等。通常這些基本的客觀資訊都是治療師必須主動提供的，才能讓人評估是否要接受進一步的治療。
3、該怎麼判斷自己適合哪一種的心理諮商或心理分析呢？
倘若你有這方面的需求，通常可透過精神科醫師作初步身心評估及病史蒐集，然後會協助轉介心理師。但不是每個精神科醫師都熟悉不同取向的心理治療，更何況不同人及不同狀況，會需要不同取向的治療師或分析師。如果轉介不順利，除了讓外界誤解心理治療的效果，也浪費了彼此寶貴的時間。
本診所醫師除了提供專業的身心評估，根據每個人獨特的狀況及背景，評估適合的治療取向，依據每個人的個性，建議適當的心理治療師或分析師。同時希雅特醫師也會協助評估心理諮商師或是分析師的客觀資訊，替民眾把關，希望提供品質穩定的服務。
4、該接受多久的心理諮商或是心理分析？
根據每個人的狀況，會有不同建議的治療時期。
如果是緩解特定的症狀，或是近來生活的特殊困擾，會建議進行8-12周，每週1次的治療。心理治療師或心理分析師，會著重當下的症狀，進行短期的諮商，讓個案可以減緩症狀的強度，適應生活的挑戰。
如果是針對個人成長、探討夢境、或是心理分析，通常就會建議長期的分析關係，例如一年甚至更長期的分析。由於個人成長，是對自己長期的投資，需要謹慎地挑選適合的分析師或心理治療師。若民眾有需要相關的資訊，歡迎前來本診所跟醫師討論，為自己量身訂做適合的計畫。
1. What is
psychological counseling or psychoanalysis?
The simple
description is hiring a psychological professional to discuss with you about
different things is life. You may know
your strength and weakness better and gain better understanding of things that
you are struggling with.
In
psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, you do not have to worry about your privacy
or being judged. The goals of
psychotherapy or psychoanalysis are to understand the how a person may be
connected to the social culture, and how early life experience may affect one’s
life. With the understanding, one may be
more capable to overcome long term depression and anxiety.
2. Is there
any objective measure for me to assess whether my counselor or analyst is
providing adequate service?
Psychologists
or psychiatrists must obtain licenses before working. The license is the first step for doing
psychotherapeutic work. Most people do
not know how much work most psychologists or psychiatrists have to put into
after obtaining the license.
Psychologists or psychiatrists may have to put in 5-8 years of long term
training including go through a personal psychotherapeutic process, supervision
and gaining more practical training. You
may request such training background from the
psychologist or psychiatrist as an objective measure.
3. How do I
know which perspective of psychotherapy or psychoanalysis is suitable for me?
If you have a
need for this, you may gain a preliminary assessment and history collection
from the psychiatrist. Based on your
need, the psychiatrist may make the referral.
It would be very hard for the psychiatrist or psychologist to be
familiar with all psychotherapeutic approaches.
Different people may be more comfortable with different approach so the
referral would be important; if the referral did not work, one may mistaken the
effectiveness of therapy and wasted valuable time.
The
psychiatric of this clinic will provide professional assessment and based on
each person’s background and uniqueness to find the suitable approach and make
the referral. Siyat, the psychiatrist
will make sure the psychotherapy and psychoanalysis will be deliver in a good
quality.
4. How long
should the counseling or psychoanalysis be?
The length of
psychotherapy will depend on each person’s need.
If the goal is
to relieve the symptom or struggling with a recent event, perhaps 8-12 week of
weekly session may be suitable. The
psychotherapist or psychoanalyst can focus on the symptom to have a short term
psychotherapy to alleviate the symptom and assist client’s adjustment.
If you will to
gain personal growth, explore dreams, or have psychoanalysis, then a long term
psychoanalytic relationship would be required.
For one year or longer of psychotherapy may be needed. Because personally growth is a long term self
investment, searching for a suitable psychoanalyst or psychotherapist is
important. If you need more information,
you are welcomed to come to the clinic and to discuss with the psychiatrist and
to arrange a suitable plan for you.
Contact
Office Hour
(To ensure the
quality of clinic, there will be no in-depth (first interview) after 21:30.)
The clinic
will prescribe brand name medication.
One may take the prescription to pharmacy near the clinic or one’s own
neighborhood to acquire the medication.
If you need to
see the doctor in the morning of Tuesdays or Thursdays, please make an
appointment. Dr. Siyat on every Thursday
morning of second and fourth week of each month will have clinic in Far Eastern
Memorial Hospital. For those with needs
for treating or assessing serious psychiatric disorder or dementia disorder may
visit the hospital.
If you do not
know what you want and require an English consultation, you are free to make an
appointment for the consultation.
