PRINCIPLES OF COUNSELLING

PRINCIPLES OF COUNSELLING

1. UNIT II PRINCIPLES OF COUNSELING BY P LEKHA SRI Asst. Professor DEPT. OF CRIMINOLOGY

2. PRINCIPLES OF COUNSELLING: 1 . Principle of acceptance —accept the patient with his physical, psycho­logical, social, economical and cultural conditions. 2. Principle of communication —communication should be verbal as well as non-verbal and should be skilful . 3. Principle of empathy —instead of showing sympathy put yourself in patients shoes and then give reflections accordingly (Empathy is ability to identify with a person.) 4. Principle of non-judge —mental attitude-do not criticize or comment negatively regarding patient’s complaints .

3. 5. Principle of confidentiality —always keep the patient’s name, and the problem strictly secrete and assure the patient about the same. 6. Principle of individuality —treat each and every patient as unique and respect his problem as well. 7. Principles of non-emotional involvement —not getting emotionally in­volved with the patient and avoid getting carried away with his feelings.

4. Basic Principles of Counseling Process According to Mc Daniel and Shaftal , the counseling process is based on some basic principles: (a) Principle of Acceptance: According to this principle, each client must the accepted as an individual and dealt with as such. The counselor should give, due regard to the rights of the client. (b) Principle of Permissiveness: Counseling is such a relationship which develops optimism and the environment shapes according to the person. All the thoughts accept the relative relationship of counseling. (c) Principle of Respect for the Individual: All the schools of thoughts of counseling advocate for the respect of the individual i.e., respecting an individual’s feelings must be an integral part of counseling process .

5. (d) Principle of Thinking with the Individual: Counseling emphasizes thinking with the individual. It is essential to differentiate think for whom? And ‘why to think’? It is the role of the counselor the think about all the forces around the client to join client’s thought process and to work collectively with the client regarding his problem. (e) Principle of Learning: All the assumptions of counseling accept the presence of learning-elements in the counseling process. (f) Principle of Consistency with Ideals of Democracy: All the principles are associated with ideals of democracy. The ideals of democracy desire to accept a person and want to respect the rights of others. The process of counseling is based upon the ideals of a person’s respect. It is a process with accepts individual differences.

6. Goals of Counselling : 1. Listening keenly to the patient is the main goal. 2. Identify the need of the patient. E.g., parents need counselling for their children’s behaviour problems. 3. To make the patient to ventilate his emotions properly and help him to be aware of his own emotions and encourage him to be independent. 4. Main problem should be focused so that the sub-problems should be identified by the patient himself. 5. Make the patient to accept himself with his problem and help him to adjust with it till it gets over. 6. To focus on his strengths by studying the case and produce positive attitude in him and ultimately help him to reduce his negativity

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