The Process of Counselling: Steps, Skills, Theories and Conclusion

The process of counselling

Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
Steps in Counselling Process...........................................................................................................1
Counselling Skills............................................................................................................................3
Counselling Theories.......................................................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6

Introduction
The counselling process is considered to be a planned structure with the dialogues that are
mainly in between the counselor and the client. The cooperative process is about trained
professionals who are helping a person to identify different difficulties and concerns that one is
experiencing. The development of ways is mainly to deal with problems so that the different and
new skills could be understood for oneself and others. For example, the students in a college or
the university are generally seen to be anxious about how the study and have a lack of clarity for
the educational and the career direction. They have concerns with their self-esteem and so the
counselling process is important for building relationship, with setting goals and other
intervention processes.
Steps in Counselling Process
a. Relationship Building: This involves the focus on engaging the clients and exploring
issues that directly affect them. The interviews are mainly for handling what client is
reading like the verbal and the non-verbal message with making inferences about the
counselling situations. There is a need to introduce yourself with inviting client to sit
down and ensuring that the client is comfortable as well. The invitations are for the social
conversations that are mainly to reduce the anxiety and watch non-verbal behavior as
signs for the emotional state of client (Wosket, 2016).
b. Problem Assessment: It is the time when the counselor and the client are trying to build a
relationship and then problem assessment with proper collection and classification of
information for client life situation and the reasons which are seeking counselling.
c. Goal Setting: The activities focus on the outcomes where the client needs to achieve what
they are looking for (Verwey et al., 2016). There are times when the counselor and the