Welcome to choosingchange Relationships...
There are many words written on how to establish, build and maintain relationships; how to keep your relationship alive and thriving and what makes a good relationship. Last count at my local bookshop there were 325. You might think that may be enough said on the subject. Because I keep getting people asking for help, I think not. Because clients report they are getting help I have made this website available to everone.
What works practically speaking
In my clinical practice, clients report that it is often the simple principles that really work to help them deal with issues in their relationships: when they are looking to make new relationships, relationships that are not working, and to help make an already OK relationship an extraordinary relationship. That's what you will find out about on this site.
Effectiveness in counselling and therapy greatly depends on the relationship between the client/s and the therapist. From The Handbook of Psychology Integration by
M.J. Lambert, 1992, P97 —
- Extratherapeutic Factors influence 40% of change... what happens outside of therapy, social support, fortuitous events.
- 30% influence is the client/therapist relationship... how well you get on with your therapist.
- What the client (and therapist) expect has a 15% influence on change.
- Techniques employed by the therapist and utilised by the client hold a mere 15% influence.
This means, in effect, how WE relate and what YOU do have the most influence on a successful outcome in your change. Ask yourself —"Am I ready for that challenge?" because your answer indicates your readiness.
Philip Johnson
Philip is a Clinical Member of Counsellors & Psychotherapists Association of NSW Inc (CAPA), and is listed on the PACFA National Register (Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia). Counselling and psychological therapy is about gaining knowledge about yourself in order to better operate in the world. This can sometimes be about a specific issue, or more generally about the whole of your life.
Functioning well in the world of relationships (family, friends, loved ones, work colleagues...) makes life easier and exciting. This gives you a sense of wellbeing.
Understanding how you operate, what are your ways of seeing things, as well as having an understanding of how other people operate, means you are going to be better equipped to cope if you find yourself in difficult situations.
My lifetime of experience supporting my education and training in counselling and psychotherapy (individual, relationship and marriage), helps me give you an edge that allows you to be the expert in your life — a safe, professional environment to consider options toward choosing changes in your life.
- Relationships, Couple and pre-marital counselling
- Individual Counselling
- Coaching — Personal, Life and Career
- Gay & Lesbian Counselling
- Conflict Resolution
- Sexuality
- Gender Issues
- Grief and Loss
- Addiction
choosingchange theory, offered by Philip Johnson, reflects human nature by encouraging free thinking, spontaneity and conscientious decision making.
BCHC — Bachelor of Counselling and Human Change
Philip Johnson, choosingchange (ABN 82155376909) (NSW BN98082992), Counselling Sydney CBD (NSW BN98313761), Relationship Psychotherapy Sydney (BN98331295), Smart Couples (BN98331304), Relationships Counselling (BN98386909) are NSW Registered Business Names of the choosingchange Counselling and Psychotherapy Services offered by Philip Johnson at Suite 510, Level 5, 147 King Street, Sydney NSW 2000. Phone 1300 667 996.
Counselling Services and Relationship Psychotherapist Services...
Specialist Couple Counsellor to help bring psychological awareness that is:
- enlightening and transforming, for
- living better, and
- relating more effectively,
- using psychology of change, and
- the art of possibility in order
- to enhance existing abilities, and
- to introduce alternative, and
- proactive ways, to
- encourage choosing change.
The installation of hope and expectancy, the way a client feels or thinks about the outcome of their session can affect that outcome. This is also noticeable in how the client feels about the therapist. We choose to see things in a particular way, and we are led to believe things because of our upbringing, culture, influences and needs. Against all logic we still do things that are not effective.
This is the choosing change referred to on this site. If you choose to explore and discover how you and your partner operate, your understandings will facilitate a better way to be in your relationship. This will ripple out and over into better relationships with the rest of your family, your work colleges and your friends. You will find that with practice, application and determination, your life could be completely different. You may find the happiness and contentment you have been looking for all your life.
How this choosingchange program can help you is that you discover the way you see things, the way you think things, the way you react to incidents in your life... and how this information is critical to how you can apply changes in your life to live better, more effectively, more happily.
Contact
1300 667 996
02 9362 3025
0425 281 251
Suite 510, Level 5
147 King Street
Sydney CBD NSW 2000
Between Pitt
& Castlereagh Streets
Opposite MLC Center
Minutes from Town Hall,
Martin Place and Wynyard
Parking at MLC Center
