Counselling is a helping relationship established between a professional and a client. The counsellor encourages, challenges, enables and assists clients in making independent life altering changes and choices. This process occurs over a period of time through self-examination, exploration and the aid of other therapeutic techniques.
Objectives of Counselling:
• Provide emotional support for clients
• Encourage and motivate client to be a better person
• Assist client to develop a deeper sense of self-understanding
• Support client to practice self-management and maintain a healthy lifestyle
• Redirect client’s perception and improve problem analyzing and solving skills
• Assist client to resolve issues and overcome challenges
• Help client to regulate emotions
• Improve client’s interpersonal relationships