|
By
listening attentively and patiently the
counsellor can begin to perceive the
difficulties from the client's point of
view and can help them to see things more
clearly, possibly from a different
perspective. Counselling is a way of
enabling choice or change or of reducing
confusion. It does not involve
giving advice or directing a client to
take a particular course of action.
Counsellors do not judge or exploit their
clients in any
way.
In the counselling
sessions the client can explore various
aspects of their life and feelings,
talking about them freely and openly in a
way that is rarely possible with friends
or family. Bottled up feelings such as
anger, anxiety, grief and embarrassment
can become very intense and counselling
offers an opportunity to explore them,
with the possibility of making them
easier to understand. The counsellor will
encourage the expression of feelings and
as a result of their training will be
able to accept and reflect the client's
problems without becoming burdened by
them.
The
'Lifestyle' influencing factor
relates to the way we live through the
activities we engage in and interests we
express. In simple terms it is what
we value out of life. Lifestyle is
often determined by how we spend our time
and money
|