The rapport of the client and counselor is an important factor in counseling. The counselor must,
1. Be likeable and exhibit interpersonal skills,
2. Be flexible and able to meet individual needs by providing person-specific attention,
3. Be available for multiple sessions,
4. Exhibit a caring attitude.
A counselor must attempt to facilitate a client to solve their own problems yet demonstrate a geuine concern and compassion for the clients dilemmas.
The counselor must individualize interaction depending on clients personality type. For example, does the client seem more introverted or extroverted, does the client to talk more cautious or compulsive?
Initially the counselor can listen and at appropriate times reflect by restating or rephrasing what the client had expressed. This serves two purpose. First it allows the client to feel he is being heard. And secondly, it allows for any misunderstandings to be identified and corrected
When the counselor feels he understand the just of what the client is communicating, the counselor can proceed with questions. These questions can pertain to feelings, thoughts, beliefs, expectations, past experiences, preferences, or other relating to the issue.
The client may express a goal they wish to achieve. The counselor and the client may want to explore the ultimate the objective behind the goal. They may explore other option in addressing the ultimate objective and the real issues behind the desired goal.
After further discussion the counselor may choose explain the benefits of holistic helath, developing ones identity, and the concepts of self responsibility. The counselor must realize that information given to the client may take time for the client to effectively implement into their lives. The counselor and the client should discuss how these concept relate to the clients issues.
The counselor should encourage the client to ultimately draw their own conclusions and chose the direction the want to take the resolving issue. The counselor may challenge the client to formulate a behavioral goal to address the ultimate objective. The conselor may need to ask the client how confident they feel in achieving the particular goal. The client will judge the plausibility of particular behavior based perceived benefit of the behavior and on their confidence of successfully achieve the behavior. Goals may need to be scaled down, implemented in a gradual manor, or modified altogather to optimize adherence. Creativity should be exercised to make the new behavior as rewarding as possible. Other techniques that may that may be implemented to increase adherence include: behavior logs and contracts, peer or family support, friendly competition, and verbal recognition. A future appointment can be agreed upon by the counselor and client to reevaluate the behavior goal. Goals may be modified and other issues may be discussed in these later sessions.
In summary, the ultimate goal as a counselor is to help other understand them selves and ther existence so they both may live to fully experience what it is to be a human.
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