How Dose Cadabams in Home Counseling Work?
Cadabams aims to provide the best counseling for your ease and comfort. The patient needs to fill out a concern form on our website, or they can directly call our team, and the call will be directed to a psychologist who will talk to them and guide them through their concerns. Once the initial process is completed, a meeting will be scheduled with the professional who’ll visit their home for the counseling session. Before the session, the counselor might ask them to prepare a few things, like a comfortable and private space.
What to Expect From Home Counseling?
During home counseling, more than one therapist may provide the necessary advice and services to the patient. The services provided are unbiased of the patient’s age and gender. Home counseling services have their benefits, as the therapists find it easy to build rapport not only with the patients but also with their families.
Researchers have proved that children attending more in-home therapies are more likely to recover from their emotional distress than those who miss out on their sessions with their therapists at the hospitals.
The fact that counseling services at patients’ homes involve the use of techniques including cognitive behavioral therapy, multisystemic therapy, social learning theory, solution-focused therapy, and psycho-education for families renders them an effective option to treat mental health problems responsible for distorted thoughts, wrong perceptions, abusive behavior, and broken relationships.
Home counseling therapy can be conducted by –
- Psychologists
- Psychiatrists
- Marriage and family therapists
- Counselors
- Social workers and
- Other mental health professionals
More About Home Based Therapy Sessions
Patients usually prefer their therapists to conduct home counseling in their living rooms or dining spaces. These services work best for children and teenagers who feel anxious and hesitant to visit hospitals or feel threatened to discuss their problems in front of strangers. Some therapists may want to check out their patients’ rooms to learn more about them.
This personalized approach helps therapists to build and develop good relations with their teenage patients. Some people are not comfortable having therapists at their homes and, hence, prefer sessions in parks or discussing their problems while taking a stroll down the beach.
Though home counseling services have their benefits, they must not be deemed as the sole approach to mental health treatment. Visits to psychiatric clinics are important, with counseling services at home reserved only as a supplement to office sessions.
Typically, home counseling program helps deal with issues like:
- Depression & Anxiety
- Response to grief or stress
- Interpersonal conflicts
- Family disputes
- Symptoms of Trauma
- Behavioral management
- Life skills development (communication, time management, and social skills)
- Life Coaching
- Anger management and conflict resolution
Types of Home Counseling Services
Home counseling services provide services depending on the nature and severity of the patient’s mental health problems. This therapy may be used to treat affected individuals, couples, teenagers, or families.
- Individual therapy: It is a one-on-one basis talk session with a therapist.
- Couples therapy: In this type of home-based therapy, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) helps two people involved in a romantic relationship gain insight into their relationship and resolve their conflicts.
- Play therapy: It is used primarily for children.
- Family therapy : This type of counseling helps family members improve communication and resolve conflicts
- Intense Psychiatric Therapy: Children and teenagers discharged from residential treatment facilities or psychiatric hospitals need medical support. Home counselors provide much-needed intensive in-home psychiatric care, thus aiding in their recovery.
Advantages of Home Based Therapy
The collaborative process of counseling at home and its benefits go far beyond the convenience of getting treated at home, reduced travel hassles, and increased comfort and privacy. By employing home-based therapeutic techniques to resolve mental health issues, patients also avail added benefits like:
- A stronger relationship with the therapist
- Personalized advice to get rid of addiction habits
- Empowering the patient’s family to develop a community support system
- Continued care for the affected
- Increased family associations with positive influences
- Improved vocational and/or academic performance
- Positive behavioral reinforcement
- Anger management and social skills development
Is Home Base Counseling Effective?
Various studies suggest that home-based counseling works effectively for various issues like anxiety, depression, family therapy, and managing chronic conditions. It removes the anxiety of meeting a counselor for an in-person session, which increases the number of treatment completions. The relaxed home environment provides a comfortable and quite space for it.
Why Choose Cadabam’s Home Services?x
We put our 33+ Years of expertise to ensure that you get the treatment you need and deserve. Our multispecialty team of psychologists, counselors, and physicians work around the clock and are with you every step of the way. Our 24/7 support customized and holistic plans help us work with you. At Cadabams, we care for you. Cadabam’s counseling services at home include:
- Marital counseling: To improve intimacy and help resolve conflicts.
- Family counseling: To build up communication within the family unit to enhance relationships and strengthen bonds.
- Personal counseling: To increase the patient’s self-awareness, encourage self-exploration, identify boundaries, enhance communication skills, and improve the use of healthy coping skills.
- Child & adolescent counseling: To increase self-esteem, confidence, and assertiveness.
- Parenting counseling: This therapy provides the necessary knowledge, tools, and guidance required to have a healthy relationship with children.
Other services include:
- Online counseling
- Employee Assisted Program
- School mental health programs
- All-round psychiatric emergency and crisis support
The first home counseling session takes approximately 40 to 45 minutes, which helps the counselors determine how to best assist the patients. This first mode of counseling could be face-to-face or online. Those uncomfortable with online counseling can request home counseling services.
Cadabams Hospitals has certified professionals who have expertise in providing mental health treatment services through both online and home counseling services.
Online Home Counseling
Social distancing is mandatory in these pandemic times. To avoid physical proximity in such times, patients can consult for home counseling online. You may call us to book an online appointment. Before getting in touch with your home counselor at Cadabams, you may message your therapist from anywhere, at any time – on the web or mobile. To learn about online home counseling fees, session timings, and availability of doctors, get in touch with us.
