In most counseling situations, there is a desire for life to be different. With the help of a counselor, individuals seek a life where issues are resolved, or they respond better to difficulties.
Whether your counselor is a friend, a professional counselor, a pastor, or employed by an online telehealth platform, they should help bring hope for change and a better future.
Some people are dealing with a relationship gone sour, a consuming bad habit, an emotion that dominates, or nagging questions that have gone unresolved. People choose to enter into a counseling process for a variety of reasons, but good counselors help people find a desired outcome.
Different Approaches
However, one of the difficulties with counseling is that one counselor’s idea of improvement is often different from another.
If you were seeing a doctor for a ruptured ligament in your knee, you would have a pretty clear desired outcome: a return to normal, pain-free activity after surgery. While not all surgeons have the same skill, they all perform knee repair with similar techniques, best practices, and goals. There is a standard protocol and way to measure the results.
When it comes to counseling, the right desired outcomes vary
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