Professional Counseling

Abstract

Professional counseling for a crisis situation requires different methods as compared to the traditional counseling. The main purpose of counseling in this situation is to bring back equilibrium in the life of the individuals affected by the crisis. There are certain issues in terms of the safety of clients and counselor while dealing with a crisis situation. These issues need to be resolved to ensure better service for clients.

Professional Counseling

Introduction

The crisis counseling is very different from the normal counseling that is done. This counseling requires more thorough understanding of the clients' situations and a different approach is used to bring the client back to his equilibrium life. There are issues in the safety of both the client as well as the counselor that need to be addressed and resolved to ensure that the client counselor relation becomes strong enough to resolve the client's problem. This assignment is focused on highlighting those issues and ways in which these issues can be resolved.

Discussion

Key Points of Articles

The crisis takes place every day across the nation. The counselors need to be trained so that they can do their job immediately after the crisis. The counseling that takes place after a crisis is different from the traditional counseling that requires setting goals and providing ways in which the client can change. The counseling after a crisis is very helpful in preventing post traumatic stress disorder. The amount of terrorism and natural disasters has increased so much in the world that it has become essential for counselors to be fully trained and equipped to respond to the various crisis situations (Shallcross, 2012).

The counselors have a great understanding of the various stages that are required to be followed after a crisis. The counselors can ensure proper treatment of patients by implementing eight main actions given by psychological first aid. These actions are comfort and safety, information gathering about t concerns, stabilization, practical assistance, information on coping, connection with social supports and linkage with other collaborative services (Keeran, n.d.). The counselors that provide services after a crisis should also focus on self care. Through self care, the counselors can prevent the negative symptoms of the patient's crisis (Anonymous, n.d.).

It s very important to consider the client safety while given counseling to them. A safe and supportive environment should be provided to the client so that he or she will openly disclose their problems to the counselors. The issues related to the client in the crisis situation and proper permission should be taken from the client before disclosing information regarding them to anybody (Martin, 2012).

Types of Crisis

Crisis that affects an individual can take place at two levels which are the personal as well as the societal level. The crisis at a personal level is defined as those incidents or situations that may affect an individual's ability to cope, social support and self esteem. The situations that result in this type of crisis are witnessing of suicide, personal loss of a loved one and experiencing ...