Counseling psychology is a psychological specialty that encompasses research and applied work in several broad domains: counseling process and outcome; supervision and training; career development and counseling; and prevention and health.

1. Steps
of
counseling

2. • Counseling is a therapeutic
intervention meant for attitudinal
and behavioral change in a desired
direction.
• Generally, this shift or change is in
positive direction aimed at bringing
improvement in client's physical and
mental health.

3. Rapport building
• Establishing a safe
trustworthy environment
between counselor and client.

4. Assessment of problem of client
• Helping client to narrate his
concerns and issues.
• This requires active listening on
the part of a counselor by
focusing on client's feeling for
the event rather than event itself.

5. Transforming problem statements
of client into targeted goals
• This takes place by setting
achievable goals in a time bound
manner by overcoming probable
obstacles to goals.

6. Developing an action plan
• This requires setting objectives
and tasks that client is supposed
to do in order to achieve a
targeted goal.
• It is an active implementation
stage of counselling process.

7. Review and Feedback
• The aim of review and
feedback is to give continuous
reinforcement to client for
consistent attitude and
behavioral change.

8. Termination
• A counselor should also
terminate client counselor
relationship once the
counselling process is over.

9. • A counselling session is therefore
sometimes referred to as the 50-
minute hour.
• It takes place in a session depends
on the clients needs and the
counselors personal approach to
counselling Dubai.
• Although there is some variation
during a session, there is a basic
structure.

10. Counselling Dubai
www.dubaicommunityhc.com
Dubai Community Health Centre
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
PO Box: 73810
Tel : +97145078000
Fax : +9714 507 8001