Counselling can be beneficial in improving one's well-being, preventing and alleviating distress or maladjustment, resolving crises, as well as increasing the ability to function better in life.
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The process that occurs when clients and counsellors set convenient time to explore client’s difficulties that may include stressful or emotional feelings can be termed as counselling. This act of helping the client to see things more clearly, possibly from a different viewpoint, is important to the counselling process. Counselling psychologists or therapists aim to help clients across groups, workplaces, organizations, institutions, and communities. Regardless of the target population, the goal of Therapy remains the same, i.e., to overcome and adapt to the various mental health issues and challenges faced by individuals across their lifespan.
Some of the applications of the counselling process are discussed below−
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The goal of family counselling is to encourage communication and cooperation among family members to address the issues of one or more family members. It can be achieved by focusing on various components such as developing healthy boundaries, family dynamics, addressing dysfunctional interactions, etc. Family counselling can uncover the source of a problem, provide support, and work proactively toward a family member's mental health journey. Research indicates that family counselling is useful for marital issues, parent-child conflict, dealing with stressful life events or major transitions, the effect of illness/death or addiction within the family, psychoeducation, adjustment problems smoking family members, etc. This type of Therapy is also useful to address individual mental health problems that can affect the entire family system like anxiety, severe depression, substance use, chronic mental illness, etc
Educational counsellors help students make informed choices concerning their choice of study, vocation, and career path. In particular, school counsellors create, practice, and assess school counselling programs that give all children access to academic, career, college, and personal/social abilities. There are numerous benefits of availing educational counselling for all students, including disabled or special needs children. These include- understanding key strengths, developing a career plan according to their skillsets, visualizing long-term goals, gaining insight on personality and aptitude, avoiding any shortcomings, etc. In order to unlock the optimal potential of the student or to resolve any underlying problems impacting their studies, an educational counsellor will interact with the student's parents, guardians, or teachers.
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Substance abuse is a critical problem in the United States across all segments of the population and impacts all members of our society in some way. Approximately 6% abuse illegal drugs, 12% have problems with drinking, 25% are addicted to nicotine & 10% are addicted to prescription medications. Counselling and Therapy for addiction help individuals understand what causes addiction, learn to recognize risk factors for relapse, and develop tools for coping with stressful situations. One of the main purposes of this process is to address the condition's underlying cause and prevent the individual from further relapse. Substance abuse counselling will include talk therapy, positive coping strategies, discussing treatment plans & goals, starting the 12-step process, etc. With Therapy and counselling for substance abuse, a person with a substance use disorder is often far more likely to overcome an addiction. Different counselling processes that are helpful in this process include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing & Group Therapy
Rehabilitation counselling is a special area focused primarily on disability advocacy and vocational rehabilitation counselling for individuals with disabilities. It is a branch of counselling where professionals work to help people with emotional and physical disabilities to live more independently. This may include arranging for medical care, assisting in job placement, helping the client develop skills for a particular job, etc. This method of counselling can be administered both in a group and individually. The common primary goal is to aid the client in coping with mental, physical, emotional, or social issues they face to improve their quality of life. Broadly, rehabilitation counselling follows four stages recovery, healing, strength, and function. Following an effective treatment plan can differ from individual to individual, but it is necessary for optimal results
Workplace counselling refers to the ability to deal with issues that occur within an organization, such as conflict, stress-related absence, work-related trauma as well as harassment/bullying. It gives employees a platform to speak with someone trained to listen attentively to their issues and suggest solutions that can help them improve their condition and become productive people in a safe, private setting about anything that may be perplexing or hurtful, or uncomfortable. This is a beneficial practice for both individual employees and the organization as it plays a role in improving personal growth, which in turn decreases turnover & increases the productivity of the company as a whole
All these types of counselling are carried out by a counsellor or a psychologist specialized in a certain area. These applications of counselling, no matter their setting, remain constant in terms of confidentiality, trust, and empathy to be successful.
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