Welcome To Grace Psychotherapy Center
During their kilometer-long voyage, the rivers, which build verdant alluvial plains in each branch of the delta that diverges towards the sea, alternate between agitation and tranquility. Throughout their voyage, the glistening river waters touch the minds and hearts of individuals with diverse histories, life goals, emotions, and hobbies. Utilizing the log-carrying capacity of these rivers, forest-dwelling peasants who live near the regions where rivers initially originate carry out their everyday tasks. The farmers at this tour's last destination are satisfied with their status and work diligently every day to reap the benefits of these rivers. A photographer waits patiently by the river for hours in an attempt to get a picture that does justice to nature's magnificent grandeur. Due to the changing seasons, river levels, and paddling styles, canoeists may only participate in this spectacular adventure by taking certain precautions, utilizing the proper equipment, and following specific restrictions. Viewers of waterfalls know best the sound and calming effects of water falling over rocks.
Our mission to our clients; is to provide a "comfortable" and "safe" therapeutic environment where the potential tension of meeting with a new therapist is not felt, the anxiety of meeting dissipates, and the courage to come to therapy is rewarded verbally or nonverbally, and the client's needs and goals are the focal points throughout the therapeutic process. We aim to deliver psychotherapy centered on the client's needs and goals in a welcoming, relaxing, and compassionate environment. Within this context, GRACE is a psychotherapy center whose acronym stands for goal-oriented, reassurance, acceptance, comfort, and empathy.
Furthermore, the concepts of gracefulness, courtesy-delicacy, and respectability, which are the meanings of the word GRACE in English, are indispensable in our psychotherapy center's service understanding.
The decision to go psychotherapy may seem daunting initially, but we've made psychotherapy easy and accessible.
GOAL-ORIENTED
When we talk about a goal-oriented individual, we imply two things: (1) his propensity toward a goal, either physically or cognitively, and (2) his proclivity to steer his behavior toward objectives. In the context of psychotherapy, goal orientation refers to any therapeutic encounter that aims to assist a person in achieving his or her desired outcomes. A "goal" is a shorter form of "what I want to be different if the therapy is successful."
REASSURANCE
Therapeutic reassurance is a supportive technique used by the therapist to help the client discover new social relationships, understand his feelings, and reduce his anxiety.
Therapeutic reassurance is one of the most essential techniques for enhancing the effectiveness of psychotherapy. In reality, building self-assurance works effectively in normal life outside of therapy. Scientific research has shown that a reassuring, encouraging, and compassionate attitude towards oneself is associated with greater psychological resilience and well-being when something goes wrong in life.
ACCEPTANCE
In the context of psychotherapy, acceptance is the therapist's attitude of nonjudgment toward the client. This attitude reveals that the therapist respects and regards the client as a person, hence valuing the client's uniqueness. In psychotherapy, acceptance corresponds to the "unconditional positive regard" technique, which is an attitude of care, understanding, and appreciation for an individual regardless of his or her behavior or personal standards. According to Carl Rogers, unconditional positive regard is a necessary prerequisite for healthy human growth and is beneficial for an individual's sense of self, sense of value, and capacity for progress.
Unconditional positive regard does not include agreeing with or endorsing a client's behavior; rather, it is predicated on the idea that the client is behaving of his or her own free will and is doing the best he or she can. If the therapist does not demonstrate unconditional positive regard, the client may abstain from expressing realities about himself that he believes may surprise, upset, or judge the therapist. This may disrupt the therapist-client relationship and impede the client's progress and recovery during psychotherapy.
COMFORT
In psychotherapy, "comfort" refers to the degree to which the client feels physically and emotionally at ease while addressing whatever concerns occur with the therapist. During psychotherapy, several techniques may be utilized to assist clients in feeling comfortable. A parking lot that is easily accessible, a pleasant therapy office, a warm welcome and farewell with a genuine smile, comfortable seating, uplifting plants and artwork; the therapist's undivided attention, careful listening, and emphatic attitude, the therapist's voice tone, and perhaps a cup of tea or coffee are all ways to facilitate a successful therapy session.
EMPATHY
Although there is no one agreed-upon definition of empathy, it is one of the most critical aspects of the treatment process. The technical definition of empathy in psychotherapy, which is commonly stated as "placing oneself in the shoes of the other person" in everyday life, extends much beyond this concept. According to Rogers, who provides the most widely accepted definition of empathy among psychotherapy theorists, empathy is defined by two processes: (1) the therapist’s sensitive ability and willingness to understand the client’s thoughts, feelings, and struggles from the client’s point of view, and (2) the private perceptual world of the other being sensitive, moment by moment, to the changing felt meanings which flow in this other person.
Empathic therapists grasp their clients' objectives and tasks, their experiences moment-to-moment in the session, and the unsaid subtleties and consequences of what their clients say, rather than just repeating what they hear as a parrot.
Our Psychoterapist Team
Our psychotherapist team is comprised of clinical psychologists with postgraduate training in clinical psychology from prestigious universities in Turkey and around the world, at least twenty years of experience in psychotherapy and academia, and a large number of publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
We offer face-to-face and online psychotherapy in Turkish and English to our clients in Etiler-Istanbul.