Psyc 388 study guide 2024 Athabasca University

1. define counselling in your own words, using the CCPA definition as a basis for your definition. a. Counselling is a process that promotes knowledge and understanding of one’s self and emotions. It involves building proficient and ethical relationships that lead to acceptance, growth, and development of one’s personal resources. 2. describe the similarities and differences between guidance, counselling, and psychotherapy. a. Differences: Guidance Counselling Psychotherapy Process of helping people make important choices that affect their lives. For ex. Choosing a preferred career Skilled and principled use of relationship to facilitate self-knowledge, emotional acceptance and growth, and the optimal development of personal resources Focuses on serious problems associated with intrapsychic, internal, personal issues and conflicts. Decision making based Theory based - cognitive, affective, behavioural, and systemic Analytically based therapy Focus on helping choose what people value most Focus on both choice and changes Focus on insight more than change; reconstructive change Unequal relationship: help less experienced people find direction in life Collaborative relationship Unequal relationship: Therapist is expert Early work occurred in schools and career centres Broad practice in diverse settings: community agencies, private practices, universities Early work was more in inpatient settings, residential treatment Short term intervention Mostly short term intervention but can be extended Long term intervention (6m to 2y) b. Similarities: i. Counsellors and Therapists have similar working processes (Fig 1.2) ii. Some counselling theories are also referred to as therapies, can be used in either counselling or therapy settings iii. Counsellors see clients that have more developmental or situational concerns (same as guidance counsellors) and also those whose treatment may encompass disorders (similar to psychotherapists)