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Theories of Counseling

Theories of Counseling

Table of Contents

Title Page .1

Table of Contents .2

I Counseling .3-8

A . Counselor

B . Characteristics of a Helping Relationship

C . First step in dealing with counselor-client relationships

II . Theories and Techniques in Counseling .8-11

III . Life Experience .12-13

IV . Nature of Client .13

Bibliography .14

I . Counseling

Counseling comes from the word counseil (Middle English , conseil (Old French , consilium (Latin it means to take counsel or to consult There are so many definitions that you

can apply with the word counseling as there are people who practice this to describe it more comprehensively . Frank Parsons was the one who originated this term in the year 1908 . This term was adopted by Carl Rogers because he was not permitted by the psychiatry profession to call himself a psychotherapist and in response to widespread prejudice in the United States against lay therapist

A . Counselor

Counselor is the term to a person or individual who has an intellectual , psychological , emotional and mental capability in listening and responding to one 's illness in mind and emotion

As a counselor , there are few points that should be done systematically and constantly . A counselor should be a great listener He should listen effectively and wisely to what his client is saying Counselor should work with its client with a define goal and thoughts with respect to the client 's values and cultural living . He should respond correctly with every feeling his client is dealing and be able to facilitate its thoughts and worries about a certain situation . He should know how and what to advise to help his client gain their own sight and understanding into how they should act , feel , and think in each given parameters of situation . A counselor should be a good teacher and a good model to help and teach his client express their emotions in its own way of living , work out its solutions to its specific problems accept the things that cannot be changed in their life , and supports their counselor-client relationship while doing all this process Counselor should know how to help his client become empowered to act in ways that are best in their own interest and should be able to use a variety of techniques to help his client explore and gain confidence in their life

B . Characteristics of a Helping Relationship

The helping relationship is defined as the process of promoting the growth , development , maturity , functioning and coping skills in another person . Fundamentally , the helping or healing practices used in this process must be consistent with the value system of those you are trying to help . The diversity of First Nations people suggests that understanding how he or she sees the world is the best guide to establishing a helping relationship . Yet among traditional healing practices in all cultures , there seems to be two principal phases of the helping process , an inward exploratory phase and an outward action phase . However , we feel the First Nations approach must include four principle dimensions...

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