Counseling Strategies
The counseling strategies which may serve lo be useful are described herewith.
Individual Counseling: Individual counseling is personal counseling. The first step in this is to establish a sense of trust and a therapeutic alliance with the patient so as to ensure a productive counseling session. A counselor can use several techniques to enhance the process of learning. These are:
Clarify goals at the beginning of the session
Start instruction in a positive manner
Approach the patient in a competent, quietly enthusiastic manner
Keep the session patient-centered
Focus on the topic to be covered
Adjust counseling approach as the need arises
Find out if the client understands what he is being told
Give honest, sincere praise for successes
Use teaching techniques that impart on more than one of the client's senses and actively involve him.