To understand counselling one needs to first know what counselling is not!
- Counselling is not given to mad people or someone whose a looser in life. Counselling is seeked just like any other professional service in matters of personal or professional life when the client has undergone too much of stressful situations and is unsure of way forward, is pulled down or cornered always and the client is not willing to change his/her circumstances. Such clients with motivational counselling can do much better.
- Counselling is often misunderstood as the counsellor should empathise and work with client in their problem solving and get more involved in helping them. If this was true than client would have been more depressed as its not possible to handle so many clients unique or complex problems.
- Counselling is not giving advice, being strict and punishing the client by not meeting them or in any way just because they did not follow the counsellors instructions. Counselling is welcoming the client, helping them get free of their guilt (if any) and giving them right keywords that can help them walk their path or change directions, when need be.
- Counsellors are supposed to be most humane and not be judgemental about their clients. But that does not make them weak or have reactions like crying like the client or with the client. Our job is to empower you and make you stronger than your life situations.
- All the information shared during counselling is confidential and not to be used, published etc. unless the client consents.
- Counselling works best when you don't know whom to rely on and you want to speak your heart out.
Counselling definitely helps in getting some garbage off the shoulders of the person who is seeking answers through counselling.