Ways Counsellor's Qualities and Counselling Relationship Contribute to Successful Outcomes in Therapy

This essay discusses the ways in which the counsellor's qualities and the counselling relationship contribute to successful outcomes in therapy. It emphasizes the importance of a healthy relationship and therapeutic alliance in achieving positive results. The role of empathy, expectations, and other therapeutic factors are also explored. The study concludes that a strong relationship between the client and counsellor is crucial for effective therapy.

ESSAY

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3
Discuss the ways in which the counsellor’s qualities AND the counselling relationship
contribute to successful outcomes in therapy..............................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Counselling relationship can be define as a relationship which is build between
client and the counsellor. It is attitude or feelings of both client and counsellor have for
each other and the way of expressing those feelings (Sue & et.al. 2019). There is a
need that both the counsellor and the individual who is receiving the counselling put a
corporative efforts. A good and a healthy relationship is important to bring the effective
outcomes of the therapy. In this study, different ways in which the counsellor’s qualities
and the counselling relationship contribute to successful outcomes in therapy will be
discussed.
MAIN BODY
Discuss the ways in which the counsellor’s qualities AND the counselling relationship
contribute to successful outcomes in therapy.
Relationship plays an essential part for bringing out the perfect outcomes of the
therapy sessions where both client and the therapist are indulge and share each others
feelings or perceptions. There is a big difference between therapy and a treatment.
There are lot of therapies available which are specific for specific disorders. For
example, talk therapy which is also consider as a psychotherapy can be a important
therapy for the individuals who are going through some kind of depression or anxiety
and may be some mood swings or bipolar disorders. However, a good counsellor would
help the individual to deal with the problems, cope up with feelings, some behaviour
change patterns facing by them. According to the statement of Noe & et.al., 2017
Integration in counselling and psychology as the name suggests, is basically a
combined approach in psychotherapy that takes number of elements of some particular

therapies. It suggests that there are number of approaches which can treat an individual
facing different problems. Some of the generic approaches of psychotherapy are double
listening, continuity and consistency, humour, The therapeutic alliance, self reflection as
well as time structuring. Managing process parallel and to normalize the experience of
client. Therapeutic alliance is also known as working alliance. Many of the researchers
indicates that co-ordination between client and therapist has an impact on the outcomes
of overall psychotherapy. It can be seen as a strong emotional bond and a matter of
mutual understanding that can be established between client and therapist. A good
human relationship is consider as a major element for efficiency and positive outcomes
of psychotherapy. There are three important components of the therapeutic alliance
which are agreements in relation to tasks through which the partnership will be involve,
compliance with goals and bonds which are developed between counsellor and the
patient receiving the therapy. According to Meier & Davis., 2019 the role of therapeutic
alliance is to achieve a positive outcome in the lives of the individuals and to develop
an effective relationship between clients and counsellors. A therapeutic relationship
matters which is the relationship and connection which is being develop between client
and therapist over a period of time. An effective and a positive relationship is necessary
to order to draw a positive outcome. Without a healthy relationship there can be no
meaningful or effective therapy. It can be implemented to all sorts of counselling and
psychotherapy. However,regardless of any orientation provided by the counsellor the
relationship develop by the client is consider to be a high important.
Emphatic relational bond

Researchers of the psychotherapy has developed a correlations with the clients,
recollecting relationships of caregivers, and an ability to build a early therapeutic
alliance in the therapy and analyse a particular contribution for the development of
bonds and a positive outcomes for overall therapy. A trusted and a safe relational bond
help this individuals who are taking the therapy to share and disclose their personal
stories to the counsellor without any single fear of any rejection or argument which
eventually facilitates the analysis of a core relational. According to the statement of
Mallinckrodt, 1991, an emphatic relational bond will help the counsellor to and clients
to get engage in self reflection, active and identification of the primary emotions and
main beliefs which eventually lead to the development of empowering and new
personal meanings (Wosket, 2016). The overall experience of emphatic relational bond
and achievement of personal agency impacts positively on individual expectancies for
the change and will help to develop enhanced motivation for the involvement in therapy
goals and tasks. It will also lead to disclosure of painful and personal experience of
client to the counsellor. The feelings has been adapted or understood is totally rely on
the corrective and new personal bonds. It will also help in to regulate self emotions of
the clients during the whole therapy session. Thus, it brings overall positive change in
the outcomes of the therapy receiving by the individual. Both supervisors and
supervisee put focus on developing a helping hand with the client. Supervision plays a
central role in transmission of the therapy skills. A research in future has been advices
to find out the nature of supervisory relationship through a different perspective using a
methodological approach. According to Ekstein & Wallerstein,1972 it is important to
investigate in a deeper sense for the relationship between client and therapist for a

positive outcome in practice and psychotherapy supervision (Worden, 2018 ). Thus, the
role of supervision and agency is an important part of direction for the research in
future.
Role of relationship and technique
There are many general principles of the therapeutic change which has been
facilitate by both relationship and technique. However, a professional counselling is
consider to be a process of developing a positive relationship between counsellor and
client which help to enhance mental health, career goals, education and wellness. It is a
combine relationship between therapist and client. Counselling skills and technique are
important in order to deliver the best service and to receive excellent outcomes. Such
techniques include listening or observing which means to involve some gestures such
as eye contact, nodding, smiling and so on. Putting up questions which is also an
effective technique in a therapy which help the counsellor to know deeply about the
client. Open and closed questions could be helpful to bring effective outcomes
(Norcross & Lambert, 2019). However, just like them there are some other techniques
that play an important role in overall therapy session such as refection, empathy,
genuineness, positive regards and most importantly self disclosure of counsellor. Some
of the theories like person centred therapy, psychoanalytic theory, family system model
can be use as an effective technique or skills for understanding the nature of human.
The role of relationship in therapeutic change is to provide assistance to the
individuals who are receiving the therapy in order to bring changes in life for the better
lifestyle. The major component of a good therapeutic relationship are respect, trust and

congruence. It is essential as it is the first setting where a person is receiving the
treatment shares beliefs, thoughts and opinions regarding the issue.
Once an effective therapeutic relationship has been develop, the impact will be
positive as the client will able to open up more emotionally and will provide more details
regarding the concerns. In turn, it will help the therapist to to better understand the point
of view of the service user and to motivate them to make possible changes. Engaged
with a complete detail of the situation, counsellor will be able to deliver the best
treatment and to employ effective techniques for addressing the problem.
Factors
The common factors of the psychotherapy are empathy, expectations, adaptation of
culture, alliance and therapist differences. They all are important for developing benefits
to the psychotherapy. Alliance plays an important role in overall therapy as it benefit
both client and therapist for developing a healthy relationship in order to bring out the
best outcomes. It is influenced by social procedures. It is consider as an usual
relationship where the interaction is confidential with some set limits. Human connection
is important as it eliminates loneliness, supports each other and create a
belongingness. According to the statement of Frank JD and healing, Expectations also
has a important effect on the treatment. In psychotherapy it works in number of ways
They develop a sense of belief in the individual that they are going to be cured as soon
as possible through the mode of particular therapy (Joyce & Sills, 2018). It will help
hem in coping up the problem and overcome from difficulties. Alliance which is the
bond between client and therapist help to reach the outcomes of the therapy effectively.
Empathy is also a complex process through which an individual can be effected by and

can share the current situation of each other and then develop some perceptions in
order to resolve such issues. It helps the therapist to see the situation through the eyes
of client. Essential findings in the psychotherapy and counselling provides
practitioners and researchers with an introduction to latest investigations in the field. It
basically sets out the prove of effectiveness of the psychotherapy in a free way. It also
develop some factors related to positive outcomes of the therapy and give suggestions
about further studies.
CONCLUSION
From the above study, it can be concluded that relationship between client and
the counsellor in a therapy is important for bringing the best outcomes. Therapeutic
alliance plays an essential role in delivering the services effectively. Some of the
therapeutic factors like alliance, expectorations, beliefs also has specific roles in
drawing out the best results and to make the treatment effective.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
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Joyce, P., & Sills, C. (2018). Skills in Gestalt counselling & psychotherapy. Sage.
Meier, S. T., & Davis, S. R. (2019). The elements of counseling. Waveland Press.
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