Importance Of Emotions In Counselling

The ability to feel emotions is one of the building blocks of who we are and how we interpret the world from the day we are born. It is the foundation of how we make connections to our environment and to the people around us. Should we feel happiness or joy stemmed from a particular person, we tend to engage in them more often or the reverse where we avoid things that make us uncomfortable or sad. The aptitude to understand our emotions, and see how they affect our perceptions is a skill that is highly valuable as a social worker. It assists with our self-development, while also allowing us the comprehension to guide our clients through their journey. “Because the human experience is so closely connected with emotions (feelings), we can expect counselling work to frequently focus on helping clients identify, explore, manage, or accept their emotions” …show more content…
As a counsellor I understand that I would rarely be there to converse with a client because they are too happy. Because my core emotion is happiness, I can easily relate to that emotion in other people, but as a counsellor I will need to have the ability to respond to a variety of emotions, some with which I have trouble allowing to exist within myself. I can’t say I know what my exact capacity will be to respond to intense emotion that clients might share with me, however I do believe that as a counsellor I will strive to create an open and inviting environment. Everyone has different experiences in life, and different ways of dealing with emotions, and in the guidance of unconditional positive regard, I would want to see the capacity within myself to be there with my clients through these intense emotions, in any professional level they would need of me. Not shying away from these emotions in my clients can only be affective if I encourage myself not to shy away from my own