Developing Psychological Skills — Psychology STD 12 Humanities — Question

Counselling is a mean for planning the interview, analysing the counsellor's and client behaviour and assessing the developmental impact on the client. The counsellor depends on the perception of the client for the counselling process to take root. A counsellor tries to understand the feelings of the client regarding a problem as also the extend of understanding on part of the client vis-a-vis the problem or issue under consideration. The counsellor puts the facts of the problem on a back burner and instead works on the feeling of the client and her/his acknowledgement of the problem. Thus, counselling is a process whereby, the help-giver provides the client, an enavbling atmosphere which allows help to be given and recieved.
The important points about the process of counselling can thus, be listed as follows:

1. Counselling includes response to the feelings and actions of the clients.
2. Counselling is based on a promise of acceptance of the feelings of the client without being judgemental.
3. Privacy and confidentiality area the cornerstone of counselling. This is to be assured in an enabling physical setting.
4. The entire process is voluntary and no coecion is used.
5. Sensitivity on part of the counsellor is important for a proper understanding of both the verblal and non-verble caes during the counselling process.