Counseling Purpose & Process
Is This for Me?
Purpose: No matter how devastating or horrible. No matter how much pain you are in. There is help and there is hope! Riverside Counseling center wants to provide a safe place where you can explore the issues in your life. The goals of the client relationship is to empower the client promoting self understanding leading to accepting responsibility for change and freedom.
Process: The opportunity to grow and change begins with the first step, a telephone call to Riverside counseling center to set up an appointment. If you are hurting, you may not want to admit it but if you take the first bold step, your life journey will take you in a completely new direction. Once the appointment is set, arrive 15 minutes early to complete the initial paperwork.
Each therapist has a procedure they follow but the first session is an opportunity to explore the real issues and determine how they can be handled. Sometimes there are tests or questionnaire's to complete which will increase understanding of the issues. Discussion ensues to take the information collected and develop a plan of action. The therapy may include education, discussion, role playing, and homework.
Once a course of action is determined, the therapist encourages the client to act and then monitor progress. The healing process is sometimes uncomfortable or painful. Often for a wound to heal it needs to be cleaned. The cleaning, or changing of behavior is not easy but soon as healing continues the pain is reduced or eliminated. A transformation occurs and the client is ready to terminate the relationship. An aftercare plan will be developed for continued support and opportunities for further growth.
