Counselling Outcomes

Running head: COUNSELLING OUTCOMES
Counselling Outcomes
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According to the Dictionary of Psychology, the term counselling refers to the process
of conversation and consultation and an exchange of opinions, mutually, between the
professional and the person in need, in order to help the latter to figure out the difficulties that
he or she is perceiving (Bond, 2015). According to the scholars, it is a face to face
conversation between the counsellor and the counselee with a focus on the growth if nature in
the part of both. According to others, it is a skilled activity involving a counsellor and
counselee, where the former helps the other in order to deal with developmental, behavioural,
psychological and emotional and relational challenges (Burnard, 2013).
The system of counselling has many approaches in dealing with the patients. The two
essential approaches of them will be discussed in the following essay. One is the Therapeutic
relationship and the other one is the therapeutic technique. The essay will focus upon the
concepts, meaning and importance of these systems and further a relation of these two will be
illustrated.
To understand the Therapeutic Relationship and Therapeutic Techniques, one first
needs to understand the concept of Therapy. In common terminologies, Therapy can be
referred to as the system of consulting a therapist regarding the discussion of the problems
and developing a positive thinking and outlook to the world and also to develop a coping
skill to deal with the situations. Therapy also helps an individual to come out of traumas
related to physical and mental conditions of a person (McLeod, 2013). According to the
therapists, the system of therapy is a commitment of a person to oneself of being comfortable
with sharing the life situation and letting other person to get an insight of his or life and
undergo a process of learning where, the one, suffering will learn from the therapist, or the
person he or she is seeking help from and it works both ways. It is also defined as the way of
exchange of perspectives. It is a communication process whereby the patient or the sufferer

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gets clarification if the situations that the person id going thorough and also gets a sound
understanding of the same. This dynamic process focuses upon safeguarding the information
that are exchanged and also includes an empathetic and non-judgemental approach, wherein,
the destructive approaches are found and are advice with healthy and productive strategies
(Furedi, 2013). There are many forms of therapies, as accounted by different therapists.
Among them the therapeutic relationship and therapeutic techniques are the ones that have
been proved to be the most effective ones.
Therapeutic Relationship:
The therapeutic relationship or therapeutic alliance is defined as the system of
interactive relationship between a patient and the family that is caring, positive and
professional. It refers to the process wherein, the therapist or the family, engages into inflict
hope within a person and use that to help the person out of his or her situations. The
motivation behind a therapeutic alliance is to help the person in treatment to change his or her
life to improve things. Such a relationship is fundamental, as it is intermittently the main
setting in which the individual accepting treatment shares close contemplations, convictions,
and feelings in regards to the issues being referred to (Ribeiro et al., 2013). Trust, regard, and
consistency are real segments of a decent helpful relationship. Advisors are urged to
demonstrate compassion and validity. All things considered, it is significant that advisor
gives a protected, open, and non-judgmental environment where the influenced individual
can be quiet. The therapeutic alliance has there elements, the working alliance between the
therapist and the patient, the transference or countertransference of the information and the
real relationship that is defined by dependence and trust (Fonagy & Allison, 2014). The focus
in a therapeutic relationship is on the need and requirements of the client or the patient. The
therapeutic relationship is also characterised by operationalization and measurement. There