Counselling Psych

Counselling Psych

Assignment 1

1. Counseling, in the profession, refers to the creation of relationships that are helpful and positive between a counselor and a client. Counseling is intended to aid in adjustment and growth. In group guidance, the counselor provides information and experiences to guide students to make appropriate life decisions. The difference between guidance and counseling is the issues that the counselor addresses, and the activities to resolve them. For example, group guidance are group activities formulated to provide the group with information or experiences. Group counseling on the other hand is moves forward when the counselor helps the clients deal with day-to-day adjustment and developmental concerns.

2. Carl Roger’s most notable contribution to counseling is his establishment of client centered therapy. He developed this form of therapy which encouraged the client to explore and expand on the issues on their own terms. The focus of this form of therapy is to allow the client to develop the skills necessary to solve future problems on their own. He stresses the client’s responsibility in dealing with the issues, and the therapist’s role as a guide to discover and resolve issues rather than the decision-maker in the client-counselor relationship. This shift in responsibility altered the way American counselors interacted with clients where the client is treated as an equal with great and positive potential.

Historically, Rogers also promoted a public interest in psychotherapy. His published writings became public interest, which encouraged research in the field as well as public acceptance and involvement.

Thirdly, Rogers was key in developing and emphasizing the value and importance of encounter groups. Where he defined an encounter group, as a form of T-group therapy that stresses personal growth through group activities. T-groups are relative unstructured proactive training groups within an environment that is designed to aid in a group’s responsibility for what they learn and how they acquire knowledge.

3. In eclectic therapy, the counselor uses techniques drawn from therapy approaches depending on the situation. The advantage is that therapy is catered to the client