Counseling and its Benefits

1. Counseling and its Benefits Presented by Ms Salma Prabhu Clinical Psychologist, Director Academy for Counseling & Education

2. What is Counseling • Counseling provides an opportunity for an individual (or couple) to work towards living in a more satisfying and resourceful way. • It may be concerned with addressing and resolving specific problems, making decisions, coping with crisis, developing personal insight and knowledge, working through feelings of inner conflict or improving relationships with others. • The counsellor’s role is to facilitate the client’s work in ways which respect the client’s values, personal resources and capacity for self-determination.

3. What is Counseling • My Definition: A Process where the client feels that he or she has been heard, been understood, has been able to share all the feelings without being judged and feels that it is not the end of the world. • There is HOPE

4. Basic Principles of Counseling • Listening • Empathy • Positive Regard and Respect • Clarification • Confrontation • Appropriate Information • Summarize

5. Purpose of Counseling • To gain insight into the problem • To learn that the problems can be resolved • To get a greater understanding of ones strengths and weaknesses • To be able to accept oneself and work on the areas of concern • To be equipped with the skills for issues arising at a later stage again

6. Purpose of Counseling • To help the client make the necessary change • To help the client elevate to a higher level • To help the client make independent decisions • To help the client help himslef/herself • It differs from casual conversation in being focused, specific and purposeful.

7. Why Counseling is needed to Children? • To help child to get confidence • To help child to get motivated for studies • It will help the child to deal with his fears; problems; pent up emotions; • Counseling will help in modifying child’s behavior if required.

8. Why Counseling is needed to Children? • Counseling will help the child to deal with peer pressure and parental expectation. • Counseling will help the child to enhance his/ her hidden skills. • It will help to build their strengths • and overcome their weakness.

9. Who needs counseling • Parents • Grand Parents • Children • Teachers • Corporate • Everyone

10. Where can counseling be done • Center • Nursery Schools • Hospitals • School • College • Institutions • Social Networks • Web enabled

11. A counselling session in Process

12. THAnk you!