Counseling is a supportive relationship between a counselor and client that explores emotions and behaviors to facilitate healthy changes. Counseling is needed to solve psychosocial problems, create self-sufficiency, improve social functioning and decision making. The goals of counseling include both short-term goals like establishing rapport, developing coping skills, and changing behaviors/attitudes, as well as long-term goals such as better social functioning, self-sufficiency, self-determination, improved productivity and maintaining positive mental health. Counseling is a process where the client and counselor work together to find new ways of experiencing situations.

1. COUNSELLING -COUNSELLING -
DEFINITION,DEFINITION,
NEED,NEED,
BASIC PRINCIPLES,BASIC PRINCIPLES,
GOALS-GOALS- SHORT TERM & LONGSHORT TERM & LONG
TERM GOALS.TERM GOALS.
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2. INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION
Counseling is a supportive andCounseling is a supportive and
empathetic proffessional relationshipempathetic proffessional relationship
that provides a framework for thethat provides a framework for the
exploration of emotions, behaviours,exploration of emotions, behaviours,
and thinking patterns, and theand thinking patterns, and the
facilitation of healthy changes. It’s afacilitation of healthy changes. It’s a
confidential dialogue.confidential dialogue.

3. DEFINITIONDEFINITION
‘Counseling is an interactive
process between counselee
who needs assistance and the
counselor who is trained and
educated to give assistance.’

4. NEED OF COUNSELINGNEED OF COUNSELING
 Counseling is needed to solve psychosocialCounseling is needed to solve psychosocial
problems of the counselee.problems of the counselee.
 For creating self sufficiency to the client.For creating self sufficiency to the client.
 For better social functioning.For better social functioning.
 For the client to make functional decisions.For the client to make functional decisions.
 For the attitudinal and behavioural changeFor the attitudinal and behavioural change
of the counselee.of the counselee.
 For managing anger, stress, anxiety,For managing anger, stress, anxiety,
depression, frustration etc.depression, frustration etc.

5. BASIC PRINCILESBASIC PRINCILES
 Empathetic relationshipEmpathetic relationship
 FlexibilityFlexibility
 ReliabilityReliability
 IndividualizationIndividualization
 ConfidentialityConfidentiality
 Non-judgemental attitudeNon-judgemental attitude
 PrivacyPrivacy
 Emotional and physical safetyEmotional and physical safety
 SimplicitySimplicity
 DevelopmentDevelopment
 TrustworthinessTrustworthiness

6. GOALSGOALS
The main aim of counseling is toThe main aim of counseling is to
enable the client to solve theirenable the client to solve their
problems and the achievementproblems and the achievement
of positive mental health.of positive mental health.
There are..There are..
1. Long Term Goals >>>1. Long Term Goals >>>
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2. Short Term Goals >>>2. Short Term Goals >>>

7. Short Term GoalsShort Term Goals
 Establishment of Rapport.Establishment of Rapport.
 Help the client focus on goalHelp the client focus on goal
setting and problemsetting and problem
resolution.resolution.
 Enable the development ofEnable the development of
coping and problem-solvingcoping and problem-solving
skills.skills.
 Educate clients and theirEducate clients and their
families in self managementfamilies in self management
technique.technique.

8.  Enable the client adjust with theEnable the client adjust with the
environment.environment.
 Change the client’s behaviouralChange the client’s behavioural
features.features.
 Change the client’s attitude.Change the client’s attitude.
 Derive client’s maximumDerive client’s maximum
cooperation.cooperation.

9. Long Term GoalsLong Term Goals
 Enable the counselee for betterEnable the counselee for better
social functioning.social functioning.
 Create self sufficiencyCreate self sufficiency
 Induce qualities of selfInduce qualities of self
determination and self reliance.determination and self reliance.
 Improve client’s productivity.Improve client’s productivity.
 Preserve positive mental health.Preserve positive mental health.

10. CNCLUSIONCNCLUSION
Counseling is a process where theCounseling is a process where the
client and counselor workclient and counselor work
together to come up with differenttogether to come up with different
ways to experience variousways to experience various
situations. It’s a therapeuticsituations. It’s a therapeutic
relationship. It’s bothrelationship. It’s both
proffessional and intentional.proffessional and intentional.

11. THANK YOU!!THANK YOU!!