Six Stages of the Counseling Process by Lawrence Brammer
Lawrence Brammer’s counseling process starts out with opening the interview and stating the problems and then come the six stages:
1) Clarifying the problem and goals for counseling
2) Structuring the counseling relationship and procedures
3) Building a deeper relationship
4) Exploring feelings, behavior or thoughts
5) Deciding on some plans of action, trying these out and evaluating them
6) Terminating the relationship
Four Stages in the Counseling Process by Girard Egan
Below are the four stages in the Counseling Process by Girard Egan
1) Attending to the counselee and building rapport.
2) Responding to the counselee and helping him to explore his feelings, experiences and behavior.
3) Building understanding in both counselor and counselee.
4) Stimulating action that subsequently is evaluated by the counselor and the counselee together.
A Report On the Program at Pitogo High School (September 26 & 30, 2008)
Last Friday and last Tuesday, our organization conducted programs at Pitogo High School in Makati City in cooperation with volunteers from JIVE Youth Ministry, Sold Out Live, A.C.T.S. and Bethel. The combined population who saw Breaking Point’s large group presentation and underwent the classroom workshops were 126 and 28 of these students professed to have received Christ as their Savior and Lord.
Common Elements of a Crisis: The State of Active Crisis, Part 1
When a person with a great problem can no longer handle the situation, the active crisis develops. There are indications of this state and they are listed below.
1. Symptoms of stress – psychological, physiological, or both.
This indicator may include headaches, anxiety, depression and even bleeding ulcers. The point is that some type of extreme discomfort is always present.
2. An attitude of panic or defeat.
The person in active crisis may feel frustrated and that he has tried everything and nothing works. Therefor, he feels like a failure – defeated, helpless and overwhelmed. He feels like there is no more hope for him.
At this time, he has two ways of responding:
a) …becoming agitated with behavior that is unproductive. This may include drinking, taking drugs, speeding or getting into a fight.
b) …becoming apathetic. An example is excessive sleeping.
Common Elements of a Crisis: The Precipitating Factor
The precipitating factor is the “straw that broke the camel’s back.” There are people who seem to hold together during times of extreme loss, heartache or great problems and then fall apart over simple stuff like a dropped glass or any broken item. These were the last straw but the reaction and tears are in response to the loss, heartache or problem.