Counselling Scenario: Managing Stress in the Workplace

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Section 1 - Why counsellor identity is considered to be such an important concept in the
helping professions
Counselling is considered to be a helping profession since it highlights the intellectual
and the emotional experiences of people and give professional advice accordingly. A counsellor
enables the client to explore different aspects of life and their feelings through talking freely and
openly, this may involve carrying the conversations between the counsellor and the client in an
open way and enabling the client to be emotionally involved (Worden, 2018). A counsellor does
not judge but gives advice. This gives the client a chance for expression and the difficult feelings
such as anger, guilt, fear in a confidential environment, and resentment.
The counsellor identity as a helping professional is also perceived when the counsellor
encourages the client to examine the parts of their lives that they have found to be difficult and
impossible to face before (McLeod & McLeod, 2011). Research carried out in the field of
counselling have shown how some individuals usually react and responds to different situations
they encounter. This is usually followed by considering the ways in which the client changes the
behaviors. Counselling ensures there is no confusions and allows the client to make effective
decisions which leads to positive change in their attitude and behaviors. Counselling also enables
the client make their own choices and reach the best solution to the comfort of the client in order
to act on them accordingly (Truax & Carkhuff, 2007).
Counsellors are also trained to help others to work through the difficult situations they
might be undergoing. They help other people determine the major causes of certain problems
such as addictions and social issues and then focus on the process of healing. They direct and
guide people through different situations and help them to focus on what really matters most.
Additionally, the counsellors help people to find out which careers they are well suited to

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undertake and how to undertake their education and in their search for jobs (Prilleltensky &
Prilleltensky, 2007). The counsellors take the person through the education which is required
and the testing processes and also the interview processes of landing a job. Other issues which
counsellors are of great help includes issues which pertains guidance, how to deal with
depression, anxiety issues, and employment.
Counselling also focus on the client's growth, wellness, and development. Counselors are
usually oriented positively and approach the clients with holistic and humanistic perspectives
(Rowland & Goss, 2013). They then try and develop the necessary skills and competencies in
order to help the clients to create a regimen in order to maintain their mental wellness and
improve them. Counselling goals include making the clients be independent and do not need the
counselling in having productive lives. In addition, counsellors may also specialize in
counselling in certain areas such as schools, marriages, clinical mental health, and families.
Some of the areas may appear to be similar to other professions but the core beliefs, training, and
the perspectives of counselling make them unique in the helping professions (Blustein, 2013).
Counselling also helps those struggling in the world cope up with difficult situations.
They ensure that they deal with personal problems such as divorce and loss of their jobs which
can be stressful for anyone. A counsellor may also help the person to get back to their feet and
feel rejuvenated. Counselling also ensure the person lets go of the past situations and start a new
life without feeling guilty about what he has been undergoing. The counsellor also may ensure
that an addict to any substance such as alcohol gives up their way of life in order to lead a normal
life (Bemak, 2000). They also help the individuals through difficult transitions from being
addicts to functional people in the community. Encouragements from the counsellor ensure they
recover from their hard situations and come to normality. Counsellors also focus on personal

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treatments and group therapy in order to help people having similar problems (Patterson, Uhlin
& Anderson, 2008). Counselling offers a lot of different opportunities which help others lead a
happy, normal, and healthy lives.
While counselling itself may not solve all the issues that pertain the lives of people, it
ensures that it brings about the social change. Counselling promotes well-being in the social
change of the society and the mental health together with behavior making it feasible in utilizing
it as the agent for the change in the society (Corey, 2015). Through the initiation of group
therapy to manage stress, a large group of the community members in dealing with the problems
with emotions consequently makes them become productive for the benefit of the whole society.
Additionally, through assisting the families to deal with their problems helps in giving out the
healthier and happy families. Through counselling, the disorders and the medical complexities
that would have otherwise emanated given the conditions they have been undergoing are
therefore prevented from occurring. Through the services of counselling, the clients are
encouraged to make positive and healthier decisions and thus leading to optimal outcomes in
their life and the society (Schiersmann, Ertelt, Katsarov, Mulvey & Weber, 2012).
Section 2 - What informs your professional identity as a helping professional.
The recurrent issues in the today’s world take a great toll in the helping professions
particularly counsellors. The counselling skills allow the counsellor and the clients to address the
issues and the misunderstandings very prompt and before they become bigger problems. A
counsellor identity is demonstrated by high levels of kindness, sincerity, and emotional maturity
to others (Okun & Kantrowitz, 2014). These are some of the aspects describing the professional
identity in the process of exercising as a helping professional. There has been an increasing
awareness in coming up with a strong professional identity. Having a strong professional identity