Personal Style of Counseling

Personal Style of Counseling Paper

            Counseling is a stimulating and challenging practice because every client is unique and each story the clients give is compelling. The counselor must be good at tailoring his theoretical technique to match the client at hand, my client centered philosophy endeavors to create a conducive counseling environment and develop a rapport within which the client revelation, change and personal growth are realized. I go into every client-counselor session with the expectation that the client’s quality of life will be improved.  As a counselor, I make sure the client feel appreciated through active listening, reflection of feelings, and accurate empathic understanding.

            In a small way I may apply the Postmodern approaches such as Solution Focused Brief Therapy and Narrative therapy to reach the solution while applying my therapy. At times, the clients experience some form of inferiority complex and the best way to handle their situation is to empower the client-make him hopeful by giving him a vivid picture of bliss. Some clients may come to the counseling session with preformed goals that they want to obtain, my work is to motivate the client, inspire him, and put fire under his belly to steer him through. For positive results with clients suffering from depression, I will use the cognitive behavioral therapy. The CBT that is based on the Cognitive Model of Emotional response is a briefer and time-limited method of counseling. It is a collaborative effort between the therapist and the client as the client seeks achieves some goals while the therapist assists him achieving his goals. This educational model has scientifically proven assumptions that may be effective in helping clients unlearn about their unwanted reaction and learn new ways of reacting. Above all my personal style of counseling must adhere to the strictest professional ethics of the National Association of Cognitive Behavioral Therapist.