Counseling Psychology

1. "Counseling mean given advice and exchanging information".
2. "Counseling psychology mean individual who need assistance in coping with stresses and tasks of everyday life".

Counseling psychology seeks to facilitate personal and interpersonal functioning across the lifespan with a focus on emotional, social, vocational, educational, health-related, developmental, and organizational concerns. Counselors are primarily clinicians, using psychotherapy and other interventions in order to treat clients. Traditionally, counseling psychology has focused more on normal developmental issues and everyday stress rather than psychopathology, but this distinction has softened over time. Counseling psychologists are employed in a variety of settings, including universities, hospitals, schools, governmental organizations, businesses, private practice, and community mental health centers.

Goals f Counseling Psychology.

Questions about counseling goals are rightfully raised by the individuals preparing to become Counselors by those who seek counseling by other helping specialists, by public officials in various organizations and agencies and by the public.

The following questions are example:

What do you try to do in counseling?
What is the purpose of counseling?
What is the aim of counseling?
What are the objectives of counseling?
What results are expected from counseling?

1. Behavioral Change
2. Positive Mental Health
3. Problem Resolution
4. Personal Effectiveness
5. Decision Making