The forms of psychological consultation include outpatient consultation, telephone consultation and network consultation; The most important and effective method is outpatient consultation, which is very targeted. Consultants can provide very targeted services for the specific problems of visitors, get a more comprehensive understanding of information, observe expressions, movements and emotional reactions, and make accurate judgments.
Outpatient consultation refers to a kind of psychological consultation service with face-to-face communication as the main form in medical institutions (such as psychological consultation centers and hospitals). Outpatient counseling is usually handled by professional psychological counselors or clinical psychologists, aiming at helping individuals solve various psychological problems, including emotional distress, interpersonal problems, anxiety and depression.
Various forms of psychological counseling are as follows:
1. Telephone consultation: Telephone consultation is a form of providing help to customers by telephone. Customers like telephone consultation for various reasons. Some people find it difficult to find psychological counseling experts because of the long distance; Some are embarrassed because of face-to-face conversation with psychological counseling experts; Some of them are for better confidentiality.
2. Letter consultation: Letter consultation is a kind of consultation conducted by writing letters. This kind of consultation is quite applicable in some cases.
3. Direct consultation and indirect consultation: Direct consultation refers to the direct consultation conducted by psychologists with psychological problems that need help, psychological troubles that need to be solved, or psychological diseases that need treatment. The characteristic of direct consultation is that through direct communication and interaction between counselors and psychological counselors, the difficult problems of counselors can be solved, and psychological troubles or minor mental diseases can be gradually solved or alleviated.
Indirect counseling refers to the counseling by psychologists on the psychological problems of clients reflected by relatives and other personnel of visiting counselors. Indirect consultation is characterized by adding an intermediary between the consultant and the client. The psychological problems of the parties are introduced to the consultant by the intermediary, and the consultant's handling opinions on the parties should also be put into practice by the intermediary.
4. Individual consultation and group consultation
Individual counseling is the most commonly used form of psychological counseling. The so-called individual consultation refers to one-on-one consultation activities between consultants. This kind of consultation can be conducted in person, or by telephone or letter. Individual counseling has the advantages of strong confidentiality, easy communication, profound problems, easy case accumulation and strong adaptability, but it also has the disadvantages of long time consumption and small social impact.
Group counseling is relative to individual counseling. When consultants with similar problems are divided into several groups or larger groups by doctors for discussion, guidance or correction, this form of consultation is called group consultation.
5. Outpatient consultation: This is the most used consultation. This kind of consultation is sometimes carried out in consultation clinics and sometimes in the homes of consulting experts. Because consulting experts can use the most direct information to eliminate the worries of visitors, break psychological barriers, adjust the consulting process in time and accurately, and make the consultation develop in depth.