2. The term “counseling” was coined by Carl
Rogers
Individual counseling
Individual counseling is the personal
opportunity to receive support and
experience growth during challenging times
in life.
3. Individual counseling can help one deal with many personal
topics in life such as
Anger
Depression
Anxiety
Substance abuse
Marriage
Relationship challenges
Parental problems
School difficulties
Career changes.
Individual counseling (sometimes called as psychotherapy,
talk therapy, or treatment) is a process through which
clients work one – on- one with a trained mental health
clinician in a safe, caring, and confidential environment.
4. Counseling allows individuals to explore their feelings,
beliefs, and behaviors, work through challenging or
influential memories, identify aspects of their lives that
they would like to change, better understand themselves
and others, set personal goals, and work toward desired
change.
It is a counseling focused on the individual’s immediate
or near future concerns.
It may encompass career counseling and planning, grief
after a loved one dies or dealing with big problem.
It is a one – on – one discussion between the counselor
and the client, who is person seeking treatment.
The two form an alliance, relationship or bond that
enables trust and personal growth.
5. Goal of psychotherapy
To talk through mental health concerns and
help clients heal, grow and move toward
more productive, psychologically healthy
lives.
Good therapy is a client driven, and specific
goals for therapy will be determined by
counselee and therapist
6. Duration
Individual psychotherapy sessions
typically last between 45 and 50 minutes.
The frequency and duration of therapy
will depend largely on one’s needs,
treatment, goals and process.
Many concerns are readily resolved with
short term- therapy and other chronic or
more complex concerns require long –
term commitment before improvement is
realized.
7. Benefits of individual counseling
1. Self awareness
Counselors often encourage individuals to
reflect and delve into their experiences.
The mindfulness activities which are given by
Counselors widely used to increase an
individual’s ability to be present in the here
and now.
The mindfulness activities often urge
individuals to consider the thoughts, feelings
and sensations occurring in the session.
This type of practice leads to self awareness
of the human experience.
8. 2. Self - exploration
Counseling also allows individuals to embark on
a journey of self- exploration.
Identifying boundaries
Many individuals seek counseling for issues
related to their relationships and social skills.
More often than not, issues arise from the lack of
boundaries.
In order to communicate boundaries, an
individual must first seek to identify and to
become aware of them.
The role of the counselor is to provide insights
into the needs and preference of an individual.
9. 3. Communication skills
Counseling tend to improve communication skills,
such as those
•Pertaining to assertiveness,
•Emotional intelligence,
•Empathy,
•Active listening,
•Confidence and
•Respect.
10. 4.Healthy coping skills
Most importantly, individuals gain valuable
coping skills throughout the counseling
process.
Some of the therapies such as
•Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
•Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)
•Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)
are used
11. Group counseling was first introduced by
Joseph Hersey Pratt
Group counseling
Group counseling is counseling with
multiple individuals facing a similar
concern.
12. The strength in group counseling is that if
you have 3, 5 or 10 people together all
facing the same or similar issues, then
they can work together.
Group counseling is common for those
who suffer from addiction and mental
health disorders.
The individuals in the group act as a
source of insight and support while
reinforcing the idea that each individual is
not only one experiencing these problems.
13. Benefits of group counseling
Clients learn from each other.
Clients can practice new interpersonal
skills in group.
Clients hear the range of perspectives
from the group members.
Clients learn problem solving
techniques.
Through giving and receiving
feedback, clients give and receive peer
support.
Clients can come out of their isolation.
Clients have an opportunity for
validation.
14. Marital counseling or couple counseling
Marital counseling
It is also known as couple therapy or
relationship counseling, is a kind of
psychotherapy that enhances relationship skills
through conflict resolution between the couple.
The kind of marital therapy can help
both the partners can learn to connect
more emotionally and deeply by talking
to a marriage psychologist or counselor
which can be helpful
15. Objectives of marital counseling
To improve relationships and bring back the sense of
commitment that was lost along the way in the
marriage journey.
Marriage is bliss, but it can also be turbulent by
events that can challenge the commitment of a
partner to the other.
Importance of marital counseling
As couples move through the various experiences
and stages of life’s challenges, there are number of
conflicts occurring.
Some may seems to be minor while others can drive
the couple apart leading to divorce.
When married couples are not good terms, children
receive the stress of the dispute.
16. Couples seeking marital therapy may be
confronting with below mentioned issues as
well
Communication issues
Sexual problems
Financial problems
Substance abuse problems
Parenting challenges
Infidelity
Anger management
Divorce
17. Work of marital counseling
Marital relationship counseling includes sessions that
involve both the partners or even individually
The session will have the combination of different
tasks.
During the first session, the therapist or a marriage
counselor sets the couple at ease and make them feel
comfortable to have safety talk about the issues that
may be personal to discuss.
18. Family counseling or
family therapy
It’s a type of psychotherapy designed to
identify family patterns that contribute to a
mental disorder or mental illnesses and help
family members break those habits.
19. Family therapy involves discussion and session
problem solving sessions with the family.
Some of these sessions may be as a group, in
couples, or one on one.
In family therapy the web of interpersonal
relationship is examined and, ideally
communication is strengthened within the family.
20. Role of family counselor
A family counselor is a neutral or an objective
individual whose main role present in the
family counseling session help undo the
troubled relations of the family.
They help members of the family to
communicate effectively to understand other
family member’s perspective and to bridge the
gap of difference between the family members.
21. Objectives
Having a healthy discussion on issues troubling the
family.
Diagnosing the mental and/ or emotional issues.
Findings effective treatment strategies to alleviate the
client’s family’s.
