heological and psychological basis of counseling
1 Elucidate on the theological and psychological basis of counseling.
Counseling psychology focuses on providing therapeutic treatments to clients who experience a wide variety of symptoms. It is also one of the largest specialty areas within psychology. The Society of Counseling Psychology describes the field as " a psychological specialty [that] facilitates personal and interpersonal functioning across the life span with a focus on emotional, social, vocational, educational, health-related, developmental and organizational concerns."
Contemporary Psychodynamic Counselling aims to help you to emotionally understand what might lay behind your current (di)stress. 'Symptoms' of (di)stress, of which there are endless, do not spring full blown out of the air. They are part and parcel of being a human and a human with a history. Behind every individual's life difficulties there are historical causes.
Frequently the things we find the most difficult to know and accept in ourselves are the very things that cause us the most problems.
It is the parts of ourselves, the unknown, irrational parts, that repeatedly continue to motivate and influence how we feel, how we are and how we deal with life. This is the reason why people say they struggle to make sense of why they feel and live life in the ways that they do, why they react as they do, why they repeatedly experience the anguish of broken/unsatisfying relationships and so on.
We all have a hope that we can make things ok by rearranging the furniture on the Titanic while ignoring the big holes in the hull. Sadly, it just doesn't work.
Counselling is not about offering advice or positive thinking techniques. There are no homework assignments to complete. There are no little tricks to help you feel better about yourself. There are no tactics or illusions to magic a better life. It's not about a temporary quick fix to paste over the cracks. All of that would be like rearranging the furniture on the Titanic
Counseling psychology focuses on providing therapeutic treatments to clients who experience a wide variety of symptoms. It is also one of the largest specialty areas within psychology. The Society of Counseling Psychology describes the field as " a psychological specialty [that] facilitates personal and interpersonal functioning across the life span with a focus on emotional, social, vocational, educational, health-related, developmental and organizational concerns."
Contemporary Psychodynamic Counselling aims to help you to emotionally understand what might lay behind your current (di)stress. 'Symptoms' of (di)stress, of which there are endless, do not spring full blown out of the air. They are part and parcel of being a human and a human with a history. Behind every individual's life difficulties there are historical causes.
Frequently the things we find the most difficult to know and accept in ourselves are the very things that cause us the most problems.
It is the parts of ourselves, the unknown, irrational parts, that repeatedly continue to motivate and influence how we feel, how we are and how we deal with life. This is the reason why people say they struggle to make sense of why they feel and live life in the ways that they do, why they react as they do, why they repeatedly experience the anguish of broken/unsatisfying relationships and so on.
We all have a hope that we can make things ok by rearranging the furniture on the Titanic while ignoring the big holes in the hull. Sadly, it just doesn't work.
Counselling is not about offering advice or positive thinking techniques. There are no homework assignments to complete. There are no little tricks to help you feel better about yourself. There are no tactics or illusions to magic a better life. It's not about a temporary quick fix to paste over the cracks. All of that would be like rearranging the furniture on the Titanic