Voice Dialogue by Affirmotive

Amongst a variaty of modalities Affirmotive's professional counsellor and sex therapist often chooses Voice Dialogue as a powerful and transformational technique, which increases self-awareness and allows you to have more choices and balance within yourself and in your life.

In essence, Voice Dialogue makes you more fully conscious of all the aspects of your humanity, be they spiritual, sexual, sensual, instinctual, materially focused, service-oriented, emotional, rational, parental, or childlike.

Voice Dialogue takes you closer to your essential nature.

Voice Dialogue and it's underlying theoretical base, the Psychology of the Selves and the Psychology of the Aware Ego, have their roots in Jungian Psychology and was developed by two American psychologists, Dr. Hal Stone and Dr. Sidra Stone, who teach and train people worldwide. Voice Dialogue is gradually becoming a part of psychology and psychotherapy curriculums in universities and colleges all over the world.

Voice Dialogue is successfully used in diverse treatment areas including; personal development, relationship therapy, sex therapy, physical awareness, and communication training.

Voice Dialogue is a unique way of giving voice to different parts of one's personality. It is extremely effective in solving interpersonal differences and long-standing deep emotional conflict.

Voice Dialogue is an invaluable tool to develop self-awareness, to increase self-acceptance and it gives you more choices. It unleashes creativity, inner wisdom, balance, and a sense of realism, purpose and wholeness.

Affirmotive's clients often report a sense of enormous relief, 'I felt entrapped in myself, now I have a clear focus. My Voice Dialogue sessions made me aware of the full spectrum of my personality.'

You can seek short term or long term treatment.

Affirmotive offers both. This decision will be based on a variety of factors including the depth and severity of issues you want to solve. Heide recommends a series of 2-4 sessions for the treatment of surface problems including procrastination and poor decision making. Additional sessions are encouraged for solving longstanding and deep emotional issues.

Become your own therapist: Voice Dialogue is a take home tool for life.

Once you have created an Aware Ego and you have learned to separate from your Primary Selves, you are able to implement Voice Dialogue as a part of your daily life, be your own therapist, solve your conflicts and achieve your goals. 

Affirmotive recommends Voice Dialogue as an effective tool in dream work.

Dreams are messages formed in the unconscious mind and are presented to the dreamer as a combination of thoughts, images and emotions, occuring during night sleep or as daydreams. Clients who want to do dream work and choose Voice Dialogue will learn to remember their dreams, and dialogue with both the conscious and unconscious inner parts of personality that present themselves as various dream images and emotions.

"A dream that is not understood is like a letter that has not been opened" - The Talmud   "I prefer to read my mail" - Carl Jung

Discover more about Voice Dialogue from the originators Drs. Hal and Sidra Stone, USA, who were my teachers in 2002 in Melbourne, Australia.

www.voicedialogue.org

Sex Therapy by Affirmotive

Sex therapy is a specialized form of counselling. Sex therapists are specially trained professionals with an academic education in human sexuality.

Affirmotive draws from a range of counselling modalities in sex therapy, namely Personal History Taking, PLISSIT Model, Masters & Johnson Model, Sensate Focus Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Person Centered Therapy, and Voice Dialogue.

Affirmotive's clinical sex therapist works closely with the medical practitioner of your choice, or will make a referral if medical treatments are required.

Taking A Personal History

Taking a client's sexual and relational development history is essential in sex therapy. The content of the history allows the experienced sex therapist to identify unhelpful beliefs and learned dysfunctional behaviours, and to draw possible connections to the client's current sexual distress.

PLISSIT Model

This model is based on giving permission and providing the counsellor with information concerning the distressing sexual or relational situation; and the counsellor providing specific suggestions followed by intensive sex therapy.

Masters and Johnson Model

The researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson measured masturbation, sexual function and dysfunction, and sexual behaviour responses in couples in a laboratory setting. Although this research dates back to the 60's/70's, much information is still valued today.

Sensate Focus Therapy

A cornerstone of sex therapy is a series of behavioural exercises named 'sensate focus exercises'. These highly structured touching activities are designed to overcome body alienation and performance anxiety, and to increase comfort with physical intimacy.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT is a psychotherapeutic approach in the 'here and now' aiming to solve problems and distress caused by irrational thoughts, disturbed emotions, and dysfunctional behaviours. CBT is a well-researched, effective, goal-orientated, and systematic procedure.

Solution Focused (Brief) Therapy (SFBT)

SFBT is a talking therapy and is based on social constructionist philosophy. SFBT focuses on what clients want to achieve through therapy, rather then on a problem or on the past.

SFBT aims to build strength and moves towards a desired future. SFBT therapists believe that change is constant, and help clients to achieve their desired outcomes.

Person-Centered Therapy (PCT)

PCT assumes that the answers to the client's problems are found within the client themselves. PCT therapists facilitate the client, rather then giving directions. PCT is one of the widest used models in psychotherapy. PCT therapists create a comfortable and non-judgemental environment where the client can speak up in confidence. PCT is a non-directive therapy approach and is facilitating the client to come to their own conclusions.

Professional Counselling by Affirmotive

Affirmotive's professional counselling delivers on it's foremost role; the enhancement of life quality and prevention of mental illness, depression, and suicide. Affirmotive does NOT diagnose mental illness and does NOT provide psychiatric assessments, or prescribe or suspense medication.

Professional counsellors work within clearly principled professional boundaries and ethics, and must be recognized by a professional body.

Professional counsellors and professional counsellor supervisors must hold a current valid registration/membership with a recognized professional body/association.

Affirmotive's principal counsellor and clinical director Heide McConkey is a Registered Professional Member and a Registered Counsellor Supervisor with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA).

Professional counsellors must satisfy the requirements of professional supervision and ongoing professional education, as required by their professional body (ACA), or the counselling industry.

Professional supervision is a principled talk activity involving a qualified registered supervisor and a counsellor or mental health professional, or a group of counsellors or mental health professionals.

Professional counselling is a confidential talk therapy activity involving a professional counsellor and a client, a couple, a family, or a group of clients.

Professional counselling works at a considerable depth with a focus to change.

Professional counselling is an excellent tool for; relationship therapy, individual therapy, group therapy, problem solving, decision making, stress management, anxiety, panic, and phobia management, grief and loss, anger and emotion management, addiction therapy, prevention of depression and anhedonia, motivation, facilitation of change, and achieving personal and professional goals.

Affirmotive uses proven, evidence based, and internationally accepted methods and guidelines of behavioural science in professional counselling.

Affirmotive draws on a number of proven modalities and techniques in counselling and psychotherapy, assisting clients with finding solutions to their personal life issues.

Affirmotive offers a confidential and non-judgemental environment where clients can openly speak up to a professional counsellor about their most private and sensitive issues.

Affirmotive's professional counselling services are constantly monitored for effectiveness and efficiency in all three forms of delivery, face-to-face sessions, telephone therapy, and online real-time voice/video therapy, using skype.

Who can benefit from professional counselling.

Anyone over 18 years of age, who is dissatisfied with their current life circumstances and desires to make changes can benefit from Affirmotive's professional counselling sessions.

Why professional counselling.

Professional counsellors are trained in the art of independent and active listening.

Talking to a professional counsellor is a private, confidential and non-obligatory activity. Professional counselling activity provides therapeutic tools, capable of enabling the client to achieving their desired goals.

Acceptance, empathy and support.

Acceptance, empathy and support are most important ingredients in achieving lasting benefits and resolve from emotional distress.

Affirmotive's professional counsellor is non-judgemental and accepting of the client's life situation, and offers empathy and ongoing professional support.

Myth about professional counselling.

There is a myth that counselling is for weak people, or for people with mental illness. This is far from the truth.

Consulting with a professional counsellor and opening up to very private and personal issues may be confrontational and may take some courage.

The role of professional counselling is to enhance life quality, and to prevent emotional distress, and mental ilness.