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Process of Counselling: Can Be Divided Into 3 Stages, Basically

The document outlines the three main stages of the counselling process: beginning, middle, and end. [1] The beginning stage focuses on building rapport and assessing the client's problem. [2] The middle stage helps the client gain a new perspective and develop a plan of action. [3] The end stage prepares the client for termination and assesses successes and failures.

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Process of Counselling: Can Be Divided Into 3 Stages, Basically

The document outlines the three main stages of the counselling process: beginning, middle, and end. [1] The beginning stage focuses on building rapport and assessing the client's problem. [2] The middle stage helps the client gain a new perspective and develop a plan of action. [3] The end stage prepares the client for termination and assesses successes and failures.

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Process of counselling

• Can be divided into 3 stages, basically:


• Beginning stage
• Middle stage
• End stage
• However, These 3 stages cannot be neatly separated
• Each one of them has a beginning, middle and end stage
Beginning stage of counselling
• The stage focuses on building relationship and assessment of
the problem
• Relationship Building
• Build a rapport with the client
• Convey trust, empathy, understanding for client
• Good rapport encourages client to work with counsellor, be open
to change and to be honest
• Building continues all stages of the counselling process
Beginning stage – 2
• Identify and define the problem
• client may not be clear on his specific problem
• client may have several issues to deal with making it difficult for
him to identify and focus on the most pertinent issues
• Assessment
• Once issues that need to be addressed are clear, do assessment to
establish whether you can help the client or not
• If you can handle the presenting problem, counselling can start
and continue: clarify the responsibilities of the counsellor and
client in counselling process; and “sign contracts”
• If the presenting is beyond your assistance, make referral
Middle stage
Counsellor should assist the client to:
 look at her problems from a different perspective
 set (formulate) realistic goals on strengthening her good
behaviour and eliminating the undesired behaviours
develop plan of action on how to change her situation or
present undesired behaviour
 become aware her strengths and weaknesses so that she is
empowered to solve her own problems
 transfer the learned skills to real life situations
End stage

 prepare the client for termination of the counselling process:

client may have become very attached to and depended on the

counsellor

 client and counsellor assess their successes and failures

 terminate the counselling because the client is assisted

where necessary refer the client to other helping professionals


Helpful and unhelpful communication

Note:
 our everyday communication (i.e. with friends, families, and
others) does not fulfill the criteria of counselling

 When in counselling relationship with a client, you need to


adopt appropriate skills for counselling
Examples of Helpful and unhelpful communication

Helpful communication: Unhelpful communication

 Show interest in the client


 Listen carefully & give appropriate • Exclamations of shock or surprise
responses to show your listening • Expressions of over concern
Accept the client unconditional • Being judgmental, criticizing, and
Encourage the client to talk freely and demoralizing
reflect his inner feelings
Accept that client’s irrational feelings and
• Threats
thoughts are real to her • Dogmatic declarations
Be open minded to the client’s views and • Ridiculing, belittling
remain neutral (do not agree and disagree • Making promises/false assurances
with her)
Provide correct information • Arguing
Teach skills that will improve behaviour • Showing impatience, intolerance
Be empathetic (feel with client) • Talking about your own problems
Refer the client where necessary • Giving advice
Thank You!!!!!!

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