Counselling
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Counselling
Question 2
Counselling, which is both an art and a science, is an inter-personal, short-term, and helping professional which entails talking to a professional (counsellor) about personal problems in an attempt to solve them. According to Kabir (2017), counselling is also defined as “…the process in which clients learn how to make decisions and formulate newer ways of behaving, thinking, and feeling.” (Pg.22) As the author further reiterates, clients primarily focus on goals which their clients aim to achieve, while exploring existing personal levels of functioning, and potential changes that need to be made so that clients can achieve particular objectives.
As a science, counselling involves measurements and assessments in a professional environment, where scientific methods are used to enable clients to deal more effectively with clients’ problems. Indeed, counsellors and psychologists are well-trained, and qualified professionals who undergo years of education to become well-suited in offering counselling services. On the other hand, it is an art because despite being a professional or scientific field, special cognitive and creative skills are needed in handling different patients, and caring for them well.
The purpose of counselling is to receive professional guidance and advice from a certified professional regarding any problem. As McLeod & McLeod (2014) states, counselling is based on the premise that people are able, and capable of making right decisions but are often too overwhelmed or confused to be able to make the right choices. The main limitation of counselling is that, at times, clients’ advice or guidance may not often be required, or helpful. Some clients may expect someone to hear them out, rather than plain advice. Moreover, at times it may be not very easy to advise someone without having experienced their situation thoroughly.
All clients have the right to access and receive professional, courteous, and caring counselling services from qualified experts. They also have a right to collect all information regarding the services provided to make informed choices.
References
Kabir, Syed Muhammad. (2017). INTRODUCTION TO COUNSELING.
McLeod, J., & McLeod, J. (2014). Research on embedded counselling: An emerging topic of potential importance for the future of counselling psychology. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 28(1), 27-43. doi: 10.1080/09515070.2014.942774
Counselling
Student Name:
Institutional Affiliation:
Date:
Counselling
Question 2
Counselling, which is both an art and a science, is an inter-personal, short-term, and helping professional which entails talking to a professional (counsellor) about personal problems in an attempt to solve them. According to Kabir (2017), counselling is also defined as “…the process in which clients learn how to make decisions and formulate newer ways of behaving, thinking, and feeling.” (Pg.22) As the author further reiterates, clients primarily focus on goals which their clients aim to achieve, while exploring existing personal levels of functioning, and potential changes that need to be made so that clients can achieve particular objectives.
As a science, counselling involves measurements and assessments in a professional environment, where scientific methods are used to enable clients to deal more effectively with clients’ problems. Indeed, counsellors and psychologists are well-trained, and qualified professionals who undergo years of education to become well-suited in offering counselling services. On the other hand, it is an art because despite being a professional or scientific field, special cognitive and creative skills are needed in handling different patients, and caring for them well.
The purpose of counselling is to receive professional guidance and advice from a certified professional regarding any problem. As McLeod & McLeod (2014) states, counselling is based on the premise that people are able, and capable of making right decisions but are often too overwhelmed or confused to be able to make the right choices. The main limitation of counselling is that, at times, clients’ advice or guidance may not often be required, or helpful. Some clients may expect someone to hear them out, rather than plain advice. Moreover, at times it may be not very easy to advise someone without having experienced their situation thoroughly.
All clients have the right to access and receive professional, courteous, and caring counselling services from qualified experts. They also have a right to collect all information regarding the services provided to make informed choices.
References
Kabir, Syed Muhammad. (2017). INTRODUCTION TO COUNSELING.
McLeod, J., & McLeod, J. (2014). Research on embedded counselling: An emerging topic of potential importance for the future of counselling psychology. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 28(1), 27-43. doi: 10.1080/09515070.2014.942774