Person-Centred Counselling Course

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Abstract

In this study we try to explore the concept of “Personal Therapy” in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on “Personal Therapy” and its relation with “Person Centred Counselling Course”. The research also analyzes many aspects of “Personal Therapy” and tries to gauge its effect on “Person Centred Counselling”. Finally the research describes various factors which are responsible for “Person Centred Counselling” and tries to describe the overall effect of “Personal Therapy” on “Person Centred Career Counselling”.

Research Question / Hypothesis

Should Personal Therapy be a compulsory Element of a Person-Centred Counselling?

Aim and Rationale of Study

Personal therapy is provided for individuals to solve various problems in their life through verbal counselling. Personal therapy is conducted by the psychologist who provide counselling to the patients to solve complex problems of their lives. In this connection, following specific aims have been developed for the study:

Better knowledge and understanding of personal therapy of individual suffering with multiple problems as well as factors favouring the trajectories of integration or reintegration.

Establish a report to institutions and socio-medical devices - particularly health-seeking behaviours.

Establish adequate explanations about the personal therapy and personal counselling.

Contribute to the adaptation of public policies (urban, social and health) and health and social systems: adaptation to both of their goals, their principles, their organization and their assessment tools.

To provide features facilitating the adaptation of medical practices, especially those of health professionals in primary care, to situations of people in vulnerable situations.

Introduction

A term used for all types of treatment in which a trained psychologist uses psychological techniques to help persons in need of assistance. Psychotherapists employ a range of techniques that may assist in, for example, the development of social or interpersonal skills, relationship building, heightening of cognitive awareness, and behaviour change, with the goal of improving the mental health of the client. The first specific school of psychotherapy can be traced back to Sigmund Freud in the early 1900s. Freud focused on problems that had no organic basis, theorizing that problems had psychological causes originating in childhood experiences (Rose, 2008, pp.158-175).

He developed techniques such as dream interpretation, free association, and transference. There are now a number of schools of thought regarding psychotherapy, including, cognitive behavioural, psycho-dynamic, existential, humanistic, and multisystem approaches. Psychotherapy is usually a structured encounter between the therapist and the client, and in addition to the typical, face-to-face oral exchange, it may also involve drama, artwork, and writing exercises. Psychotherapy can be provided either individually or in a group setting and, typically, lasts anywhere from a few weeks to a year or more, though shorter and more goal-directed forms of therapy are becoming increasingly common (Hill & Williams, 2000, pp. 334-396).

Literature Review

Psychotherapy or counselling is important in the treatment of anxiety disorders. In some disorders, such as certain phobias, counselling may work well alone, although most people recover better with counselling and medication. Counselling is more than just talking with another person. It can teach you ways to deal with anxiety and may ...