Counselling Psychology
Counselling Psychology is a specialty area within psychology with a strong a emphasis on advancing positive personal and social functioning throughout the life span.
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involved with the emotional, social, vocational, educational, health-related, developmental, and organizational concerns of people and groups of people.
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made up of a wide array of culturally-sensitive practices that are designed to help individuals increase their general mental health, lessen distress and disturbances, resolve crises, and increase the pro-social function in the individuals life.
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attend to both normal developmental issues and problematic areas associated with physical, emotional, and mental difficulty.
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practitioners posses a blended perspective in the many different practical areas of psychology.
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therapeutic relationships used by Counselling Psychologists can be either brief or long-term, depending upon the needs of the client.
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relationships and the subsequent therapies are general problem-specific and goal-directed.
