Counselling: The Four Types Of Relationships

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Counselling is a form of relationship in which one individual helps another to understand and solve a current problem or crisis in their life. This means a that the main aim of counselling is to help people overcame there problems ,it is a helping relationship Human being are creatures that live in a society it impossible for a human to exist in total isolation from the rest of the human species .In this society that human build humans form various relationships. There are several types of relationship formed, when counselling its important to understand the many types of relationship formed by man: 1.parent-child relationship 2.teacher-pupil relationship 3.peer relationship 4.boy-girl relationship 5.helper-helping relationship PARENT-CHILD …show more content…

Individual counselling Individual counselling takes place when a counsellor counsels an individual at any given time or place an example is David mwenda a lawyer who suffers from the stress of his job that may at times cause people to loose their freedom because of the current corruption in Kenya . in this case maina can choose to seek counselling from a profession 2. Marital counselling This is a type of counselling that involves people who are in a matrimonial agreement or plan to enter into one this usually involve two people of the opposite sex but in the recent past there have been states or countries that have legalised the same sex marriage an example of problems that arise in such situations is the the issue of infidelity 3. Family This is type of counselling that involves two or more individuals from a family in a counselling session. An example of such a type of counselling is where one family member departs from this world, this usually result in depression in the family member that loved the departed 4. Group …show more content…

Persons in centred counselling aims to engage the client in behaviour that liberate and enhances the client self-positively.it also enables the client to make self-determined choices that have a positive impact on his or her life Stages of self-centred counselling There are three stages of self-centred counselling ; a)initial stage b)middle stage d)terminal stage INITIAL STAGE Build a relationship with the client once this achieved form an hypothesis on the nature of the problem. Agree on a time and set a meeting that should include a place and time of meeting .a person should clear with the client on the payment or if one is providing the services for free. Set immediate goals and long range goal. Assess and determine the level of depth that the counselling process will take MIDDLE STAGE Explain the awareness of force behind the problem Use more confrontation (one should note that confrontation may either be productive or destructive) TERMINAL STAGE Anticipate and prepare take note of client’s readiness to terminate the counselling session if you plan to for see the client readiness to terminate the program view the following characteristic More relaxed disposition Improvement in mood

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