The Settings, Processes, Methods, and Tools in Counseling
Counselors work in various settings- from government to private sectors, to civil society to school setting. Drawing on a wide range of processes, methods, and tools, counselors are trained to use what is appropriate for the setting and relative to their specialty. There are classical approaches informed by theories to counseling that scaffold their process and selection of methods and tools.
Counseling Approaches
Psychoanalysis
- represented by Sigmund Freud
- a theory of personality, an approach to psychotherapy, and method of investigation founded by Sigmund Freud
- the assumption is that there are inner battles that are waged in a client that are directly responsible for the appearance of symptoms and behavioral problems
- emphasizes the role of early childhood experiences
- early childhood experiences: dictate us of who we are as an adult