What is strength-based therapy?
Have you ever heard the saying “focus on the positive?” It may have annoyed you at the time, but we’re willing to bet that you’ve probably told yourself the same thing several times when you’re upset and trying to find the silver lining in a situation!
Strength-based therapy at Partners in Physical Therapy in Lake Charles is one form of treatment that is right in line with focusing on the positive. In fact, Psychology Today defines strength based therapy as “a positive psychotherapy and counseling that focuses more on your internal strengths and resourcefulness, and less on weaknesses, failures, and shortcomings.
This focus sets up a positive mindset that helps you build on you best qualities, find your strengths, improve resilience and change worldview to one that is more positive. A positive attitude, in turn, can help your expectations of yourself and others become more reasonable.”
If you’re in the Lake Charles area and in need of therapy, contact Partners in Physical Therapy to learn more about strength-based therapy and how it can help you to focus on your strengths, and set you up for success.
Can strength-based therapy help me?
In short, yes!
Strength-based therapy at Partners in Physical Therapy can help people from all walks of life with several different concerns or issues they want to overcome.
Some of the ways strength-based therapy can help:
- Low self-esteem or confidence problems.
- Emotional trauma from a neglectful/abusive relationship, whether it was with a family member or a partner
- People dealing with depression and/or anxiety
- Those living with schizophrenia and condition.
- Strengthen relationships between family members and/or couples of all ages
Strength-based therapy can also help people who are living with chronic health conditions of many kinds. It’s not uncommon for people who live with pain to feel stress and pressure under the weight of their health problems. Therapy can help them to emotionally cope with their symptoms in a healthier way, and it can also be combined with a physical therapy treatment plan from one of our Partners in Physical Therapy PT’s.
How effective is strength-based therapy?
The goal of strength-based therapy is to help you to recognize your own positive character traits, so that you can have a better understanding of why you are so important and valuable just the way you are. This realization of your strength is then used to make other areas of your life and coping methods stronger.
As stated by Positive Psychology:
“Change happens using positivity and affecting each person and how they handle their own:
- Attitudes about their dignity
- Capacities
- Rights
- Quirks
- And similarities
Strength-based approach is so successful because the client is the actor or agent of change by providing the right environment for controlling change. This approach is highly dependent on the thought process and emotional and information processing of the individual. This approach allows for open communication and thought process for individuals to identify value and assemble their strengths and capacities in the course of change.”
Let’s work together on this…
For many individuals, receiving therapy is a crucial part of realizing their self-worth and improving upon the strongest parts of their personality and character. Partners in Physical Therapy is happy to provide strength-based therapy, and other individualized treatment methods for our patients, at our Lake Charles location. Call us today to schedule an appointment!
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