ăChengdu Psychological CounselorăPsychological counselors are asked up to 6 questions, which is the most professional answer.
part.01
How does a counselor work and why can it help me?
The counselor will recreate the client's interpersonal patterns and personality characteristics through conversations, guide the client to gradually become aware of his own inner world, and enhance his ability to understand his own emotions and behaviors of others and others.
In this way, the client can develop a new inner world, promote personality integration, improve the level of physical and mental development, and thus bring about changes at the level of reality, including how to establish, maintain, and improve various interpersonal relationships.
The counselor mainly observes, presents, clarifies, tries to explain, and may also give opinions, suggestions, and guidance as appropriate, pointing out misunderstandings in cognitive patterns, and encouraging clients to express more of their overly suppressed parts of their hearts.
Of course, the most important point is that the counselor must have the ability to establish a counseling relationship with the client, so to speak, it is difficult for a counseling to work without mutual trust and coordination between the counselor and the client.
In many cases, just the relationship between the counselor and the client can lead to therapeutic benefits.
part.02
What do I need to prepare for the consultation?
What happens in the consultation room?
Psychological counseling does not require special preparation, and the real state is just presented.
The first 1-4 sessions of counseling are initial interviews, in which the counselor usually explains the counseling settings to the client, understands the client's basic situation, conducts a professional psychological assessment, clarifies the counseling goals, and may deal with some strong and urgent emotions.
At this stage, the main purpose is to assess whether the client's problem falls within the scope of psychological counseling, whether the client and the counselor are a match, and whether the client is willing to trust the counselor and work with the client to solve their own problems.
Any feelings and thoughts of the client during the counseling process can be discussed with the counselor, and every detail is an opportunity to get to know the client.
Remember, the most important thing in counseling is to be yourself, and what you want to say and how much you want to say depends on your current state and thoughts.
part.03
Why should psychological counseling have a professional setting?
The relationship between the counselor and the client is essentially a contractual relationship, which means that there will be its settings and rules in it.
In general, the settings for consultation are:
The duration of an individual consultation is 50 minutes to 60 minutes (partner counseling and family counseling will be longer), and the duration of the consultation varies depending on the type of counseling
Relatively fixed frequency of meetings (usually 1-2 times per week);
Consultation starts on time and ends on time;
...... will not be contacted outside the consultation room
By setting this "standard", the counselor can identify problems in the counseling process by observing whether both parties are adhering to the settings, or how they feel about the settings.
Every action you do is important to the consultation.
For example, tardiness, external contact with counseling, excessive conversation, silence, etc., all have complex internal motivations, which are also one of the factors that promote the progress of counseling.
The setting of psychological counseling is a "psychological space" that needs to be defined and maintained, which not only protects the counselor and the client, but also helps the client to achieve a real sense of care and help.
part.04
How long do I need to do it?
I heard that there are people who have been doing it for a year or two
The duration of the consultation varies from person to person and can vary depending on the goal of the consultation.
It may take a long time for someone to explore themselves more deeply, for someone to experience a complex personality trait, for someone to experience a complex trauma.
In fact, the consultation can be long or short, or it can be paused for a while and then come back.
It all depends on the pace of the individual's progress in the counseling process and how much self-awareness is progressing.
Counselors generally follow the principle of "those who come do not refuse, and those who go do not stay", so the client does not need to worry too much, just be a "free" person in the counseling.
part.05
Will the counselor keep it confidential for me?
It is important to understand that confidentiality is the most basic professional requirement of a counselor, and it is also an important guarantee for the smooth progress of the consultation.
The Code of Ethics for Clinical and Counseling Work of the Chinese Psychological Association has strict requirements for privacy and confidentiality, and counselors must abide by the professional ethics norms for the privacy of their clients.
Of course, there are exceptions to confidentiality, as follows:
When the client is at risk of self-harm or suicide;
When a minor is subjected to ** offense or abuse;
and other circumstances that are required by law to be disclosed, and the counselor will break the confidentiality agreement with the client's knowledge.
part.06
Is it reliable to do online consultation?
Compared with face-to-face consultation, the loss of some information (especially non-verbal expressions) is inevitable.
However, with the development of the Internet, the proportion of online consulting will increase, and consultants will continue to enrich their experience and participate in relevant training and learning in the process.
In fact, many of our clients reported that they received good counseling services from online counseling.
The focus of psychological counseling is the professional ability of the counselor, and whether it is a good match with the client and whether it can gain the client's trust.
If the client's situation is not suitable for online consultation, a professional consultant will also propose to the client and work together to solve the problem.
Of course, web consulting also has its own special advantages:
1. It is a faster and more convenient way to consult to save time, distance and physical strength, especially for people in areas with scarce mental health resources, who can get a professional counseling experience and increase the range of options for counselors
2. For clients who are not ready for face-to-face counseling, online counselling may be an option that makes them feel safe and more acceptable
3. The requirements of online consultation for the consulting environment are more flexible, and visitors can choose to conduct online consultation with consultants in any safe and confidential environment
4. Finally, it is more important to choose a professional and matched consultant than through what form of consultation.
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