COUNSELING

IN WORK
ORGANIZATION
 What is Counselling?
Counselling, according to Brammer and Shostrom i
s defined as a way of relating and responding to
another person so that he/she is helped to explore his
thoughts, feelings and behaviour to reach a clear self-
understanding. Also, the person is helped to find and
use his/her strengths to be able to cope more
effectively with making appropriate decisions, or
taking appropriate action.
 can be defined as the provision of
brief psychological therapy for
employees of an organization, which
is paid for by the employer. ...
Workplace counseling is often viewed
by employers as an insurance policy
against the threat of compensation
claims made by employees exposed
to work-related stress.
The focus of counselling sessions
is to encourage discussion of
personal and work-related
difficulties. This is often followed
by the adoption of an
active problem-solving approach
to tackle the problems at hand.
The specific aims of employee
counselling are to:
•Explore and find the key sources of difficulty.

•Review the individual’s current strategies and styles

of coping.

•Implement methods of dealing with the perceived

problem, there by
alleviating the issue. Often, this step may involve also
improving interpersonal relations at work and/or
improving personal performance.

•Evaluate the effectiveness of the chosen strategies.

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