Counseling : The Best Of Both Worlds

1. What is the philosophy of the counseling profession? How has this changed over time? Why is this important to study?

In this essay, the characteristics of a counsellor and a friend will be expanded upon in order to gain a greater knowledge for deciphering the two.

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.

In this reflective essay I will provide an analysis of the counselling session I conducted and recorded. This will include a summary of the session. I will also describe the micro and advanced counselling skills utalised, as well as a critical evaluation of their effectiveness. A discussion of my application of these skills, as well as areas of possible improvement will supported by reference to relevant literature.

(Snyder et al., 2006). If the counselor contributes some type help that will help the client's strength and weaknesses and the client's environment strengths and weaknesses, it would seem like the counselor could have a better outlook of John's views (Snyder et. al, 2006). John needs help with moving in the right direction to obtain his

The essay will evaluate the necessity and importance of the development of the core conditions in the counselling process and critically analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the person-centred approach on the counselling process.

My personal philosophy of life and my philosophy of counseling has been deeply affected by my life experiences as a young child and also as an adult. I am fortunate that my life has been a good life and I consider myself to be fortunate to have to have good parents and many loving family members. I do not recall having any events in my childhood that I would consider to be abusive or neglectful on the part of my family, and for that I consider myself to be lucky. I know several people who were abused as a child and it seems to have impacted them in many aspects of their lives even into adulthood.

Counselling is a process of assisting individuals go through worries and difficulties, (Geldard and Geldard 2012). Consequently, many people strive for counselling help when they cannot handle issues or sometimes when they require expert support to provide

Modern day counselling is equipped with a wide variety of therapies, techniques and approaches. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast two approaches of therapy. Also in this essay the views of the person and the Therapeutic process will be discussed. The two models that are going to be compared are Gerald Egan’s The Skilled Helper model and Steve De-Shazer’s Solution Focused Brief therapy (SFBT).

The counselling video provided a useful tool to self-reflect and become responsive to my interactions with cliental. Having the ability to replay an identical interview multiple times I have been able to build an in-depth analysis of my own strengths and weaknesses of my counselling skills. (At 6:34 minute mark, issue exploration begins).

Sanders, Frankland and Wilkins. (2009) Next Steps in Counselling Practice. 2nd Edition: Ross-on-Wye: PCCS Books Ltd

* People are resourceful and capable of self direction, possessing the capacity to regulate and control their own behaviour. Counselling is a means of tapping into the client’s personal resources with the ultimate goal to empower the client to realise their potential.

To demonstrate the above I will draw upon my experience and learning from classroom triadic practice, my counselling placement practice and my personal and professional development to date.

Counseling process tries to help people solve their problems. Many times a person suffers from maladaptive attitudes and thoughts” (Comer, pg. 188). If counseling is intended to help group members think “more deeply and thoroughly” how do we accomplish this goal (Gladding, pg. 198)? DeBono believed that “in ordinary unstructured thinking a person thoughts were unfocused” (Gladding, pg. 198). DeBono’s six hats looks at parallel thinking and how it differs from critical thinking.

According to Huff Post Divorce, Divorce Rate by State, per 1000 residents in America 12.3 of them get divorced. (Huff Post)With the divorce rate steadily climbing, I believe that every state should enact a divorce counseling law that requires married couples to go through counseling before being granted a divorce. This law can help married couples on the verge of divorce resolve their issues and build happier, more successful relationships. Marriage counselors are trained to address all kinds of relationship issues, including problems with communication and finances. These two inconveniences are the most common setbacks that aid in the result of