Counselling L4 Assignment 1
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Professional organisational issues in counselling.
1. Understand what is meant by counselling.
Counselling is time spent with qualified practitioner about experiences, difficulties, feelings and behaviours one maybe facing. It is a safe place for a client to be heard, in a confidential setting that is non-judgemental.
Counselling is time for the client to feel they are valued. Their feelings, thoughts and behaviours are empathised with and through working with different theories and being open and honest the practitioner and client can do their best to find a way that best helps the client deal with the issues they are facing.
Counselling is not an advice service it is a professional and organised time set aside for emotions to be explored. It should always have a contract set out that has clear boundaries to both practitioner and client. Counselling can be for a short or long period but will hopefully have an effective change on ones wellbeing.
Every practitioner will have their own philosophical approach to counselling. By being detached from the client the counsellor is able to be more thoughtful in dealing with the issue and challenges. This is a good example for not counselling a loved one or friend.
My personal philosophical approach to counselling is for a client to come to counselling and be existing in it they have already made the choice for themselves they want change for themselves and their own wellbeing. I therefore believe by working with a qualified practitioner the client can identify their own answers to their issues. However the client needs to feel they are important as are their values. Therefore a lot of work on self would be required.
The impact of this approach, which is more a person centred approach, may not be useful for a client facing addiction issues. I understand that for a person with addiction they may benefit more from a Cognitive Behaviour approach as this looks more at changing the way of thinking and their
Professional organisational issues in counselling.
1. Understand what is meant by counselling.
Counselling is time spent with qualified practitioner about experiences, difficulties, feelings and behaviours one maybe facing. It is a safe place for a client to be heard, in a confidential setting that is non-judgemental.
Counselling is time for the client to feel they are valued. Their feelings, thoughts and behaviours are empathised with and through working with different theories and being open and honest the practitioner and client can do their best to find a way that best helps the client deal with the issues they are facing.
Counselling is not an advice service it is a professional and organised time set aside for emotions to be explored. It should always have a contract set out that has clear boundaries to both practitioner and client. Counselling can be for a short or long period but will hopefully have an effective change on ones wellbeing.
Every practitioner will have their own philosophical approach to counselling. By being detached from the client the counsellor is able to be more thoughtful in dealing with the issue and challenges. This is a good example for not counselling a loved one or friend.
My personal philosophical approach to counselling is for a client to come to counselling and be existing in it they have already made the choice for themselves they want change for themselves and their own wellbeing. I therefore believe by working with a qualified practitioner the client can identify their own answers to their issues. However the client needs to feel they are important as are their values. Therefore a lot of work on self would be required.
The impact of this approach, which is more a person centred approach, may not be useful for a client facing addiction issues. I understand that for a person with addiction they may benefit more from a Cognitive Behaviour approach as this looks more at changing the way of thinking and their