Psychological counseling is a process of "companionship+waiting", which has an opening, gradually develops to the theme, then reaches a climax and finally ends. Generally, it includes the steps of establishing consulting relationship, collecting information, clarifying problems, determining goals, making plans, implementing actions, checking feedback, and ending consolidation.
These steps can usually be divided into three stages:
The first stage (initial diagnosis): the diagnosis stage. This stage includes establishing a good consultation relationship, and collecting relevant information of help seekers through accepting conversations, observing and understanding, and psychological tests. , clear the problem of the helper, the cause of the problem, the severity of the problem, and finally make a clear psychological diagnosis.
The second stage (mid-consultation): the consultation stage. This stage is the core of psychological counseling professional activities, and it is also the most important substantive stage, which generally includes a series of important steps, such as adjusting the motivation of the seekers, agreeing on the counseling objectives, agreeing on the counseling program, and implementing the program.
The third stage (after consultation): consolidation stage. This stage is the summary and improvement stage of consultation.
There are generally two situations, one is the end of a consultation, and the other is the end of the whole consultation process. If it is the end of a consultation, it is necessary to summarize the consultation, prepare for the next consultation, including assigning homework and agreeing on the theme and time of the next consultation.
If it is the end of the whole consultation process, it is necessary to review and summarize the consultation, consolidate the consultation results, and enable the seekers to apply the growth gained from the consultation to their later lives and improve their mental health. At the same time, we should do a good job in follow-up investigation.