Counselling
Counselling is a form of 'talk therapy'. It is a process where an individual meet with a trained professional counsellor to talk about issues and problems that they are facing in their lives. Good counselling should reduce the client's confusion, allowing them to make effective decisions leading to positive changes in their attitude and/or behaviour
Aim
Counseling aims at helping the clients understand and accept themselves “as they are”, and counseling is to help the student to help himself. . The ultimate aim of counselling is to enable the client to make their own choices, reach their own decisions and act upon them.
Objective
The main objective of counseling is to bring about a voluntary change in the client.
To help resolve emotional and behavioral issues of the student impacting the normal functioning of an individual.
Help them cope with challenging circumstances.
Identifying underlying reasons for behavioral, academic and emotional problems.
To help them develop better interpersonal relations with the people around.
Benefits of Counseling
- Clarifying a problem
- Managing anxiety
- Improving personal skills
- Exploring opportunities for change
- Developing increased confidence
- Coping with depression
Some of the most common counseling concerns students face range from depression, stress and anxiety to difficulties with family members, roommates and friends. Counseling is well known for it problem solving method and effectiveness at dealing with addiction, depression and anxiety. Counseling is also a way to establish your daily emotional awareness.Through counseling, students can work with emotion, cognition and interpersonal relationships in ways that help them manage their emotions and see things from a different perspective. In other words, the student doesn’t have to go through trauma or a huge life event to benefit from counseling. Talking to a professional allows them to get a sense of how they appear to people, offers insights on how their emotions affect their daily lives and helps them to get feedback on whatever they’re feeling.
