Expectation From Counsellors
Expectation From Counsellors
Expectation From Counsellors
Counselors
Expectations.
Counseling process is a complex activity
Factors contributing to this complexity
are
client
expectations
Findings are contradictory as to whether client
expectations facilitate or hinder the communication
process and the effectiveness of therapy
Client expectations about counseling can influence
counseling process and outcome
Expectations.
Research has shown that students and clients have
definite expectations about what counseling will be like
and the roles they and their counselors will assume
These expectations can affect not only the process and
outcome of counseling, but also whether a person chooses
to enter counseling
The client's presenting problem is also a potential variable
to consider in clients' expectations about counseling
Expectations.
Clients' willingness to stay in therapy may be highly
related to expectancies
Research suggests that clients' decisions to discontinue
therapy after the initial interview may largely be due to a
discrepancy between the client's expectancies for therapy
and what actually happens in therapy (Borghi, 1968;
Heilbrun, 1970; Overall & Aronson, 1963)
A final factor that may influence the choice of a therapist
is clients expectancies about the specific alternative
therapists
Expectations.
Feeling that they have few or no alternative choices among therapists
can significantly affect clients' expectations about counseling
Consequently, the relationship between client expectancies and their
search for a therapist has been the subject of much research (e.g.,
Parham & Tinsley, 1980; Yanico & Hardin, 1985; Ziemlis, 1974)
It is widely believed, therefore, that clients' expectations exert an
important influence on their decisions to enter into and remain in
therapy, and that their expectations moderate the effectiveness of
therapy (Tinsley, Bowman, & Ray, 1988).
Expectations.
This has led to numerous attempts to manipulate or
change clients' expectations in order to study the impact
on the therapeutic relationship, process, or outcome.
The ultimate goal of this line of research is to enable
therapists to influence client's expectations about therapy
in order to produce more beneficial results
Role of Counselors
Counseling as a helping profession is the concept that
underlies the role and function of the counselor in todays
society
Members are specifically trained and licensed or certified
to perform a unique and needed service for fellow human
beings
Helping professionals serve, they are recognized by the
society as the sole professional providers of the unique
and needed services they offer
growth
and
Functions of Counselors
Individual assessment
Individual counseling
Group guidance and counseling
Career assistance
Placement and follow-up
Referral
Functions of Counselors
Consultation
Research
Evaluation and accountability
Prevention
Individual Assessment
Individual assessment seeks, systematically, to identify the
characteristics and potential of every client
This activity is often considered a primarily skill of the
professional counselor because it provides, a database for
more readily understanding the person in the counseling
setting, the effective planning of group counseling
activities that reflect client interests and needs, the
development of responsive career and human potential
development programs, and the organization of systematic
placement and follow-up programs
Individual counseling
Individual counseling, since the early days of the
counseling movement, has been identified as the core
activity through which all the other activities become
meaningful
Counseling is a one-to-one helping relationship that
focuses on a persons growth and adjustment and
problem-solving and decision-making needs
Career Assistance
Since its earlier inception, both the school guidance
movement and the counseling psychology movement have
had a strong vocational influence
This activity has been viewed as one in which
standardized tests were used for career assessment and
planning
Referral
Referral is the practice of helping clients find needed
expert assistance that the referring counselor cannot
provide
It directs the client to another counselor with a higher
level of training or special expertise related to the clients
needs
Consultation
Consultation is a process for helping a client through a
third party or helping a system to improve its services to
its clientele
Triadic consultation, is popular in working with parents of
troubled children or teachers with problem pupils
Process consultation, focuses primarily on the processes
that an agency or institution may be using to carry out its
mission
Research
Research is necessary to the advancement of the
profession of counseling
It can provide empirically based data relevant to the
ultimate goal of implementing effective counseling
It is a means for producing additional knowledge in the
field, providing factual data to reinforce or guide the
counselors professional judgments and seeking answers
to questions and issues of professional concern
Prevention
Primary prevention
Secondary prevention
Tertiary prevention
Specific Functions
Orientation of Students
Student appraisal
Educational and Occupational information service
Holding counselling interviews
Placement
Research and Evaluation
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