What is Counselling? Some Discussion Issues

Abstract

Discusses four ways of conceptualising counselling: as a set of skills, as a relationship, as a means of attaining outcomes, and as a set of definable tasks. Considers the issues arising from the BAC definition of counselling, Patterson′s (1974) approach, and the debate about counselling versus psychotherapy. Surmises that the four conceptualisations of counselling are not mutually exclusive, but it is important to examine the exact nature of counselling in order to do the job well.

Citation

Kwiatkowski, R. and Dryden, W. (1989), "What is Counselling? Some Discussion Issues", Employee Counselling Today, Vol. 1 No. 3, pp. 4-10. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000002827