A Theoretical Model Of Counselling

Carl Rogers (1902-87) was the founder of the client-centred or person-centred approach to counselling and therapy. (McLeod 2001)

How does Person-centred counselling, influence the understanding of the development of concept of self? (245 words)

The literature suggests that one of the key issues that can impact student counsellors relationships is the anxiety that arises in partners as students develop close attachments to others (Cawkhill, 2002). In particular, confidentiality is a big part of these new relationships and can spark jealousy or feelings of exclusion from partners. As a result, it has been argued that students need to accept responsibility for helping their partners or significant others cope with any changes that will inevitably result from their training (Cawkhill, 2002).

Gehart, D. R., & Tuttle, A. R. (2003). Theory-based treatment planning for marriage and family therapists. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.

The decision to take this course was rooted in a deepening interest in psychotherapy, self–development, the welfare of other people and in a desire to gain a theoretical base to enrich my current arts and health practice.

Cognitive-behavioural therapy is widely short-term and concentrates on enabling clients to deal with very particular problems. Often six weeks to six months sessions of course depending upon the problem it is pacifically goal directed and places great weight upon self-help as a long term coping tool that the client can take away with them and successfully use. Cognitive-behavioural therapy believes that clients can learn the wrong ways of developing and making sense of information during their cognitive development. This can often lead to distortions in the way they identify reality, it’s the job of the therapist to enable them to work this out.

This essay will explore the counselling relationship along with the benefits and limitations as well as discussing other factors that have an important impact in relation to the outcome of counselling. Counselling is an interpersonal relationship between the client and qualified therapist, the relationship involves communicating with the client and using skills to explore the client's feelings. The counselling/ therapeutic relationship can be used in all types of counselling such as psychodynamic, humanistic, behavioural, person centred and cognitive therapy. As mental health disorders increase so does the need to deliver effective counselling, which means that the therapeutic relationship is more crucial than ever. (Miller, Hubble, Duncan and Wampold 2010; Norcross and Lambert 2011).

1) Your book describes a number of theoretical for use in counseling. Choose 2 approaches that you found particularly interesting. Review the components of the approach and discuss why you think this approach will be useful with clients.

I believe counseling is a collaborative partnership between client and counselor. Furthermore, this collaborative partnership is built from trust and acceptance of both client and counselor. I hope in conjunction with clients to understand the issues and concerns so to help them tap into their wisdom, creativity, and strengths to meet their current challenges. I believe in a comprehensive perspective through which clients can better comprehend themselves in the framework that our thinking about events can lead to emotional and behavioral upset. Moreover, counselors are to provide a safe environment for clients to explore their challenges and identify ways to move differently in overcoming these challenges.

Carl Rogers, Born in Chicago in 1902 as the 4th of 6 children in a strict Fundamentalist Christian household.

The aim of this assignment is to compare and contrast two theories or theorists of counselling from psychodynamic, humanistic or cognitive behavioural traditions and also to assess their strengths and weaknesses. This essay will focus on exploring the contrasting ideas and approaches of Carl Rogers who is a key figure associated with the person-centered approach and Fritz Perls who developed Gestalt therapy. Although they are both regarded as humanistic counsellors, they share a very different approach when working with clients. I have chosen to analyse these two theorists because of their contrasting styles, in particular my curiosity was sparked after viewing both Perls and Rogers sessions with Gloria. I found it fascinating how such different styles could still be successful in therapy. In particular fritz perls style really grabbed my attention as at first, I was really put off by his seemingly rude demeanour. However, after reading information on gestalt therapy and the ideas behind it I started to understand how it works.

Ego: In this second developmental stage, compromises in instinctive responses to environmental circumstances begin to develop. The ego mediates with the id by considering the rules of the real world and the consequences of actions taken in that world.

I know how to challenge or point out discrepancies in a client behavior. I think I need to improving in observing themes and patterns of a client acting, thinking or behaving. I haven’t experience working work a client that have showed recurrent thinking or behavior to improve this skill. I haven’t used questions or metaphors to explore meanings. I’m able to demonstrate the applications of counseling theory. I find myself becoming more solution focus and behavior theorist. I will try recognize and integrates the use of natural comminutions humor or metaphor as a change agent.

Counselling is an interactive learning activity characterized by a unique relationship between the counsellor and the client that leads to the change in the thinking, feeling and behaviour of the client. However, the term ’counselling’ has many definitions. For example, counselling is also the skilled and principled use of collaboration between the counsellor and the client to facilitate self- knowledge, emotional, acceptance and growth. The ultimate aim is to grant an opportunity to work towards living more satisfyingly and resourcefully. Counselling may include dealing with developmental issues, addressing and resolving problems, making right decisions, coping with crisis, developing personal insights and perspective, working through feelings

The program’s goal is to create a psychotherapeutic environment where individuals can acquire fundamental techniques to function in a relationship. These techniques will provide the venue for personal growth, and consist of developing self-esteem, acquire problem solving, and decision making skills, learn to manage finances, even learn parenting skills among others. Furthermore, in clinical settings individuals often seek psychotherapy when relationships are not working, or the relationships failed (Gurman & Burton, 2014). This program will be preventative in the form of providing skills that will promote personal growth. Through personal growth the individual may be better equipped to manage a relationship effectively. The