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Running head:

WHAT IS COUNSELING?

1

What is Counseling

?

Understanding what counseling is prompts us to

fathom

where counseling originated.

Counseling

emanates

from between the late 1890s and early 1900s

(Gladding, 2009)

.

Counseling is perceived

to have

several

meanings

and sometimes people misuse the word

counseling or they intertwine what it means with other similar terms

.

An example of one of

those terms is

guidance.

Guidance concentrates on assisting a person or persons in the

decision

-

making

process

.

Guidance and counseling are related

because guidance help

s

a person to figure

out what they value

(Gladding, 2009)

. Counseling is a

special

profession, whereas one mus

t

possess the appropriate skill

set to guide other

individuals

.

People who consider counseling as a

profession has agreed to provide a restorative relationship with

people

to professionally

assist

them with li

fe skills,

social problems,

behavioral management,

etc.

Another definition of

counseling

is

,

a method of

eliciting a verbal response

from

a client in hope that the client arrives

at a helpful s

olution to make changes to t

heir current and future problems

or

issues

th

at life

pitches at them.

Counseling and the T

herapeutic

R

elationship

The

best relationship to build to counse

l a client is a therapeutic one.

The therapeutic

relationship used in counseling is used to facilitate

change.

Counseling

is a technique used to

stimulate a person to want to become self

-

aware of themselves, become open to different

experiences, and become adamant about continuing to change for the better.

Counseling

is a

direct and indirect way for

people

to seek help.

Hel

ping individuals

by the means of professional

counseling

allows

them

to become conscious

,

learn new things about their surroundings, channel

their

inner

charisma, and function better in society. Counseling is a calling to people

who

are in

the profession

due to the many i

ssues people face

(Gladding, 2009)

.

Running head: WHAT IS COUNSELING? 1

What is Counseling?

Understanding what counseling is prompts us to fathom where counseling originated.

Counseling emanates from between the late 1890s and early 1900s (Gladding, 2009).

Counseling is perceived to have several meanings and sometimes people misuse the word

counseling or they intertwine what it means with other similar terms. An example of one of

those terms is guidance. Guidance concentrates on assisting a person or persons in the decision-

making process. Guidance and counseling are related because guidance helps a person to figure

out what they value (Gladding, 2009). Counseling is a special profession, whereas one must

possess the appropriate skill set to guide other individuals. People who consider counseling as a

profession has agreed to provide a restorative relationship with people to professionally assist

them with life skills, social problems, behavioral management, etc. Another definition of

counseling is, a method of eliciting a verbal response from a client in hope that the client arrives

at a helpful solution to make changes to their current and future problems or issues that life

pitches at them.

Counseling and the Therapeutic Relationship

The best relationship to build to counsel a client is a therapeutic one. The therapeutic

relationship used in counseling is used to facilitate change. Counseling is a technique used to

stimulate a person to want to become self-aware of themselves, become open to different

experiences, and become adamant about continuing to change for the better. Counseling is a

direct and indirect way for people to seek help. Helping individuals by the means of professional

counseling allows them to become conscious, learn new things about their surroundings, channel

their inner charisma, and function better in society. Counseling is a calling to people who are in

the profession due to the many issues people face (Gladding, 2009).