Intro To Counseling

Front 1

ACA's definition of Counseling

Back 1

"The application of mental health, psychological, and human development principles through cognitive, affective, behavioral and systemic intervention strategies, that address wellness, personal growth, and career development, as well as pathology.

Front 2

Reasons why people seek counseling

Back 2

Change, prevention, and life enhancement

Front 3

7 elements of counseling that occur in all major theoretical approaches

Back 3

1. Counseling involves responding to the feelings, thoughts, and actions of the client.

2. Counseling involves a basic acceptance of the client's perceptions and feelings, regardless of outside evaluative standards.

3. Confidentiality and privacy constitute essential ingredients in the counseling setting.

4. Counseling is voluntary.

5. The counselor operates with a conservative bias against communicating to the client detailed information about his or her own life.

6. Communication (awareness and sensitivity to the kinds of messages being communicated).

7. Counseling is a cross-cultural experience and probably a multicultural experience.

Front 4

5 stages of counseling

Back 4

1. Establishing the working relationship

2. Assessing the problem

3. Goal setting

4. Initiating interventions

5. Termination and follow-up

Front 5

8 qualities of effective counselors

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1. Self-awareness and understanding

2. Good psychological health

3. Sensitivity to and understanding of racial, ethnic, and cultural factors in self and others.

4. Open-mindedness

5. Competence

6. Objectivity

7. Trustworthiness

8. Interpersonal attractiveness

Front 6

3 skills related to goal setting

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1. Inferential skills (reading between the lines).

2. Differentiating immediate, intermediate, and ultimate goals.

3. Teaching clients how to think realistically about goals.

Front 7

4 skills related to initiating interventions

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1. Competency in using a specific intervention.

2. Knowledge of appropriate uses of a specific intervention.

3. Knowledge of typical responses to that type of intervention.

4. Observational skills related to the client's response to the intervention.

Front 8

4 potential effects of counseling

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1. Perceive problems in different contexts

2. Develop a more useful understanding of problems and issues.

3. Acquire new responses to old issues.

4. Develop effective relationships.