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How does counseling primarily support clients in achieving their goals?
How does counseling primarily support clients in achieving their goals?
- By providing financial aid and legal advice to overcome obstacles.
- By connecting the client with a network of influential individuals.
- By teaching the client to make their own decisions and resolve issues. (correct)
- By directly solving the client's problems and offering ready-made solutions.
Which statement distinguishes counseling from simply providing advice?
Which statement distinguishes counseling from simply providing advice?
- Counseling aims to help individuals clarify their values and make informed choices. (correct)
- Counseling always involves monetary compensation for services.
- Counseling relies exclusively on the counselor's personal experiences.
- Counseling focuses on offering direct solutions to specific problems.
According to the 1954 definition by Pepinsky and Pepinsky, what is the central aim of counseling?
According to the 1954 definition by Pepinsky and Pepinsky, what is the central aim of counseling?
- To foster financial independence and career success for the client.
- To provide immediate solutions to the client's problems in a single session.
- To modify the client's behavior for a satisfactory resolution of needs. (correct)
- To diagnose and treat mental illnesses through pharmacological interventions.
What foundational element does Feltham and Dryden (1993) emphasize in their characterization of counseling?
What foundational element does Feltham and Dryden (1993) emphasize in their characterization of counseling?
In what context does BAC (1984) frame the role of counseling?
In what context does BAC (1984) frame the role of counseling?
What misconception about counseling is addressed in the materials?
What misconception about counseling is addressed in the materials?
According to the material, what role does personality development play in counseling?
According to the material, what role does personality development play in counseling?
What distinguishes a counselor's approach from merely solving a client's problems?
What distinguishes a counselor's approach from merely solving a client's problems?
Which of these is considered a characteristic of counseling?
Which of these is considered a characteristic of counseling?
What does it mean for a counselor to be non-judgmental and non-critical?
What does it mean for a counselor to be non-judgmental and non-critical?
How do counseling practices typically explore a client's motivations?
How do counseling practices typically explore a client's motivations?
What is meant by the statement that counseling usually works at the level of rapport and not at the level of transference?
What is meant by the statement that counseling usually works at the level of rapport and not at the level of transference?
What is the counselor's foremost duty?
What is the counselor's foremost duty?
In the context of counseling, what does the principle of client self-determination refer to?
In the context of counseling, what does the principle of client self-determination refer to?
How must a client approach the counselling process?
How must a client approach the counselling process?
When counseling involves more than two people, what kind of relationship is it?
When counseling involves more than two people, what kind of relationship is it?
According to Burks and Steffire (1979), what is one of the aims of counseling?
According to Burks and Steffire (1979), what is one of the aims of counseling?
According to Good (1945), what assistance is sought during counseling?
According to Good (1945), what assistance is sought during counseling?
Which phrase best expresses the overall process of counseling?
Which phrase best expresses the overall process of counseling?
Besides the client, who else might be part of the person-to-person counseling relationship?
Besides the client, who else might be part of the person-to-person counseling relationship?
Flashcards
Counseling: Who needs it?
Counseling: Who needs it?
Counseling is NOT just for the mentally ill; it assists all individuals.
Can people solve problems alone?
Can people solve problems alone?
This is a false idea. Counseling acknowledges that we sometimes need assistance.
How many sessions?
How many sessions?
Counseling is a process, and significant change takes time and effort.
Who does the solving?
Who does the solving?
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Counseling (Good, 1945)
Counseling (Good, 1945)
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Counseling (Pepinsky, 1954)
Counseling (Pepinsky, 1954)
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What is counseling?
What is counseling?
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Counseling: understanding views
Counseling: understanding views
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Counseling: Supportive work
Counseling: Supportive work
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Counseling: Exploring clarification
Counseling: Exploring clarification
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Counseling: Principled relationship
Counseling: Principled relationship
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Counseling: Wellbeing enhancement
Counseling: Wellbeing enhancement
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Counseling: Dynamic relationship
Counseling: Dynamic relationship
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Counseling: Making Choices
Counseling: Making Choices
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Counseling: Professional Relationship
Counseling: Professional Relationship
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Counseling characteristics
Counseling characteristics
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Counseling characteristics
Counseling characteristics
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Study Notes
- Counseling is an introduction to helping people through advice and guidance in emotionally significant situations
Misconceptions about Counseling
- Only people who are mentally ill need counseling
- Humans have the capacity to solve own problems without help
- Problems can be solved in a single sitting
- Counselors solve problems of others
- Counselors have ready-made solutions for all human problems
Perspectives of Counseling
- Good (1945) defined counseling as individualized, personalized help with personal, educational, vocational problems
- This involves studying pertinent facts, analyzing them, and seeking solutions with specialists, resources, and interviews for decision-making
- Pepinsky and Pepinsky (1954) described counseling as a process where a counselor interacts with a client in private
- The goal of counseling is to help the client change behavior for a satisfactory resolution of needs
- Burks and Steffire (1979) stated counseling helps clients understand and clarify their views to reach self-determined goals
- This can be achieved through informed choices and resolving emotional or interpersonal problems
- BAC (1984) stated counseling works with individuals and relationships and can be developmental, crisis support, psychotherapeutic and guiding
- BAC (1984) stated the goal of counseling to give the client an opportunity to explore, discover, and clarify ways to be more resourceful
- Feltham and Dryden (1993) noted counseling as a principled relationship using psychological theories and communication skills that can be modified
- Counseling is applied to clients' intimate concerns, problems, or aspirations
- Counseling helps enhance the client’s psychological well-being so they may achieve their full potential
- This is facilitated through the counselor to empower the client to adopt constructive practices
- Wrenn (1951) defined counseling as a dynamic relationship where procedures vary to meet the student's needs
- Counseling involves mutual participation between counselor and student, emphasizing self-clarification and self-determination
Common Perspectives
- Counseling helps people make choices and act on them
- Counseling as is described as a learning process
- Counseling enables personality development
Recent Definition
- Counseling is a professional relationship between a trained counselor and client in which the counselor helps client understand their goals through resolution of problems
Characteristics of Counseling
- Counseling is expected to be a process for normal people with problems
- Counseling is essentially a dynamic interaction
- A client is expected to be frank
- A counselor is expected to keep confidentiality
- A counselor is expected to show warmth and sympathy
- A counselor is expected to be non-judgemental
- The relationship between the client and counselor is expected to be genuine
- Counseling usually works at the level of rapport and explores the client's conscious motives
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