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Counselling
What Is It?
How Does It Work?
What Happens During Treatment?
What Is It Used For?
Side Effects/Cautions
Recommended Books
What Is It?
There are times at any stage of our lives when we may need help
addressing problems and issues that cause us emotional distress
or make us feel overwhelmed. Professional counsellors provide the
help, support and respect people may need to master these challenges
of life. Working in a diverse range of settings and with a variety
of areas of specialised expertise, counsellors work with people
to help them maximise their potential, make positive changes in
their lives, and achieve their goals. Counsellors help to address
issues such as anxiety, depression, addictions, sexual abuse, relationship
problems, and grief.
How Does It Work?
Counselling helps people to explore conscious and unconscious thoughts
and feelings, and past and present experiences, with the aim
of resolving emotional conflicts and personal difficulties.
Counsellors are able to offer a different perspective,
and to suggest new or different approaches to coping
with problems. By understanding problems more clearly,
and by trying out new coping strategies, quality of
life can dramatically improve.
Some counsellors specialise is areas such as rape
crisis, marriage guidance, or addictions.
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What Happens During
Treatment?
During a counselling session, all that is required is that you
talk about what is bothering you as openly and honestly as you
can. Your counsellor will listen to your concerns with respect
and empathy, and help you develop a better understanding of them
so that you may deal with them more easily and effectively.
Counsellors vary in how much talking they do in sessions
and their focus of discussion. Your counsellor will
want to work with you, but won’t do for you what
you are capable of doing for yourself. You may be asked
to complete certain tasks or "homework" assignments
designed to improve communication and coping skills,
strengthen self-esteem, and promote positive behaviours.
Except under unusual circumstances, such as risk of
harm to yourself or others, your counsellor will maintain
strict confidentiality.
Sessions usually last about an hour. The frequency
of sessions depends on the problem, with crisis situations
requiring several sessions within a short span of time.
Most people attend one session each week until improvement
is seen.
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What Is It Used
For?
Counselling is recommended for people who have experienced some
form of trauma such as rape or other forms of sexual abuse, a car
or plane accident, violent crime, or a natural disaster such as
an earthquake. It is also used to treat anxiety, depression, stress,
grief, family or relationship problems, and can help people improve
self-esteem and assertiveness.
Side Effects/Cautions
Counselling is a safe therapy for everyone.
It is important to find a counsellor who you feel
comfortable with. If you have problems relating to
a particular counsellor you may want to try a different
one.
References
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Recommended
Books
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Favorite Counseling And
Therapy Techniques: 51 Therapists Share Their
Most Creative Strategies
Howard G. Rosenthal
In this exciting book, some of the finest
therapists in the world reveal their favorite
techniques. Albert Ellis, the father of Rational-Emotive
Behavior Therapy, explains how he uses a tape
recorder to help clients vigorously dispute
irrational thinking. Arnold Lazarus, the creator
of Multimodal Therapy, shows how he implements
his innovative Time Tripping Technique for
rapidly dispelling emotional distress. Learn
from William Glasser, the founder of Reality
Therapy, how to integrate Choice Theory to
become a more effective therapist. Noted psychotherapy
expert Raymond Corsini uses his highly creative
'turning the tables' on the client to make
clients think like a counselor. Allen E. Ivey,
pioneer in the area of microcounseling attending
skills, makes sessions more productive by using
his community genogram. Editor/Contributor
and Encyclopedia of Counseling author Howard
Rosenthal uses olfactory post hypnotic suggestions
to eliminate undesirable habits or ward off
panic attacks. There are more than forty other
creative strategies that can be used to improve
counseling and therapy sessions.
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Person-Centred Counselling in Action
(Counselling in Action series)
Dave Mearns
Widely regarded as a classic text, Person-Centred
Counselling in Action has now been revised
and updated to take account of recent developments
in theory and practice. This bestselling exploration
of one of the most popular approaches in counselling
today is invaluable for students and experienced
counsellors alike.The authors explore the philosophical
base to the approach originated by Carl Rogers
and stress the considerable personal demands
which it places upon practitioners. Using a
comprehensive case study to relate theory to
practice, they discuss in depth the core conditions
of empathy, acceptance and congruence. Central
to the book is the insight it provides into
how it feels to be the counsellor and the client
involved in a trusting, caring, therapeutic
relationship. As well as providing an excellent
starting point for all who wish to develop
an understanding of this widely used and highly
valued approach, this edition will be essential
reading for experienced practitioners who wish
to remain at the cutting edge of an evolving
discipline.
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Grief: The Mourning After: Dealing
with Adult Bereavement, 2nd Edition
Catherine M. Sanders
In this revised edition of her classic guide,
Catherine Sanders develops an integrative theory
of bereavement that serves as the basis for
effective strategic interventions for those
suffering with grief. At the heart of her approach
is a model comprised of five distinct stages
of bereavement - shock, awareness of loss,
conservation-withdrawal, healing, and renewal.
Her theory also emphasizes the need to tailor
interventions so as to allow the bereaved to
experience grief in a manner consistent with
his or her unique personality. Grief: The Mourning
After is a necessary working resource for psychotherapists,
social workers, psychiatrists, nurses, grief
counsellors, and anyone who works in the health
care profession.
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