Objectives Of Corporate Counselling

Counselling in EAP/ Corporate Counselling programs typically include personal counselling for personal and professional issues, challenges in team management, support for any crisis that affects one or more people in the team and workshops/ training on wellness. Some EAP providers also provide a larger spectrum of services such as legal/ financial assistance, exercise and dietary consultations, insurance handling etc. At Inner Sight, our EAP/ Corporate Counselling services are focused on core counselling and training needs.

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Objectives of Counselling
Whatever may be purpose of counselling, objectives/functions of counselling can be categorized into six major areas which are detailed as follows:
Rendering advice
It is the function of coaching by the counsellor, who may be the immediate boss or a professional. Here the counsellor listens to the problems of the employees and then guides them to the right direction. Reassurance it is the function of restoring the confidence of the employees, helping them to feel courageous, to gain strength, and to develop positive thinking. In cases, where employees are entrusted with challenging assignments, reassuring them is very important, to help them realize that they can achieve the results.
Clarifying the thinking
It is the function of encouragement to the employees to be rational and realistic. Employees often lose their emotional balance in executing their assignments and jobs, and hence commit decisional errors. Helping them to be rational by clarifying their way of thinking, puts them back into the realities and enables them to achieve the results.
Release of emotional

Coaching and mentoring share many similarities so it makes sense to outline the common things coaches and mentors do whether the services are offered in a paid (professional) or unpaid (philanthropic) role.
Role of a Coach & Mentor
• Facilitate the exploration of needs, motivations, desires, skills and thought processes to assist the individual in making real, lasting change.
• Use questioning techniques to facilitate client’s own thought processes in order to identify solutions and actions rather than takes a wholly directive approach
• Support the client in setting appropriate goals and methods of assessing progress in relation to these goals
• Observe, listen and ask questions to understand the client’s situation
• Creatively apply tools and techniques which may include one-to-one training, facilitating, counselling & networking.
• Encourage a commitment to action and the development of lasting personal growth &