COUNSELLING

COUNSELLING IS NOT
 Providing Information
 Giving Advice
 Giving suggestions
 Taking decisions on the behalf of client
 Providing resource to client
 Providing readymade solutions to client
COUNSELLING
 Counselling is a therapeutic relationship through
which Counsellor helps client to address and
resolve his or her problems.
 In Counselling process, Counsellor enables client
or make him confident to take his or her decisions
or come out from worse situation.
 In this process, Counsellor develop insight within
the individual about right or wrong.
 A supportive relationship that enables clients to
explore their problems, understand their problems
and resolve their problem.
GOALS OF COUNSELLING
 Curative
 Preventive
 Developmental

Some other goals of Counselling:

 Help individual to overcome immediate problem
 Help in self development
 Improving Relationship
 Enable client to take right decision
 Develop coping strategies
 Gain insight into their thoughts, feelings and
behaviour
 Resolve personal and interpersonal conflicts
 Create positive changes
 Develop their full potential
 Find their own solutions to their problems
 Adapt situations that can not be changed
PURPOSE OF COUNSELLING
 The basic purpose of counselling is to help people
use their existing problem-solving skills more
effectively or to develop new or better coping
skills. 
 To help people to solve their difficulties.
 To encourage developing right attitudes.
 To help clients achieve their personal goals, and
gain greater insight into their lives
 To assist individual in educational and vocational
planning.
ETHICAL ISSUES
 Violation of confidentiality
 Negligent practice
 Claiming expertise, one does not posses
 Imposing one’s values on a client
 Creating a dependency in a client
 Sexual activity with client
 Certain conflicts of interest
 Questionable financial arrangement, such as
charging excessive fees
 Improper Advertising
REASON FOR ETHICAL CODES
Ethical codes are designed to provide some
guidelines for the professional behaviour of
members.

Ethical standards exist for many reasons:

 Ethical standards protect the profession from
government. They allow the profession to regulate
itself and to function autonomously instead of
being controlled by legislation.
 Ethical standard help control internal disagreement
and promoting stability within the profession.
 Ethical standard protect practitioners from public,
especially in regard to malpractice suits. If
professionals behave according to ethical
guidelines, the behaviour is judged to be in
compliance with accepted standards.
CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD COUNSELLOR

 Self Awareness
 Curiosity and inquisitiveness
 Possess natural interest in people
 An ability to listen
 Empathy and understanding
 Emotional insightfulness
 Critical Thinking
 Reflective Thinking
 Can set aside your needs in order to listen
 Intellectual competence
 Energy
 Flexibility
 Readiness to support
 Unconditional Positive Regard
 Retaining an attitude of hope