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Frequently Asked Questions - Dawsonville
Answers by Douglas Klesius, M.S. - LAPC
When Do You Need Counseling?
When problems are unmanageable and/or even painful, you are often unable to move
out of the problem enough to discover a solution without some assistance.
Counseling improves the quality of your life; it enables you to have a greater sense of
well-being.
Through counseling, you gain insights and techniques for dealing with adversity in your
life.
What Does Counseling Involve?
A trained professional counselor meets with families, individuals, groups or couples in
order to promote optimal mental health and well-being.
Counseling helps individuals prevent and rectify conflicts and problems.
Mental health counselors get information through observations, interviews, and
assessments, so they can decide the best course of action to help their client(s).
Mental health counselors often enable their clients to make positive choices and
changes due to the decisions and insights they help facilitate.
What Might Occur During a Counseling Session?
In order to better understand what the client is communicating, counselors may ask
questions pertaining to feelings, thoughts, beliefs, expectations, past experiences,
preferences, or other details relating to the issue.
It is often helpful for the client to identify a goal they hope to achieve. Several options
for enabling the client to reach their goal will be explored.
The counselor should encourage the client to ultimately draw their own conclusions and
choose the direction they want to take in resolving their issue.
In summary, the goal as a counselor is to help clients understand themselves and their
existence, so they may experience life more fully—happiness, serenity, confidence,
success.
What Counseling Methods are Used at Wellspring?
Wellspring Counselors are trained in how to use a variety of counseling methodologies;
however, the primary method used by each counselor depends on what they feel best
fits them, the client, and the presenting problem.
Can Everyone Benefit from Counseling?
Yes, problems that are small or large can negatively impact the quality of one’s life.
What Influences the Counseling Approach Used at Wellspring?
The body of knowledge that has been learned through study in psychotherapy,
The wisdom Wellspring counselors have gained through their education as well as life
and professional experiences.
How do You Choose the Counselor that is Right for You?
The rapport of the client and counselor is an extremely important factor in counseling.
The counselor must be:
Likeable and exhibit good interpersonal skills,
Flexible and able to meet individual needs by providing person-specific attention,
Able to provide something very applied and concrete,
Able to exhibit a positive and caring attitude,
Available for multiple sessions.
It is helpful to select a counseling center, such as Wellspring, that has counselors with
diverse professional and life experiences that enhance their ability to relate to and
communicate with clients who have a variety of different needs.
At the initial intake meeting, the counselor that determines what you need and want will
determine which counselor might be the best fit for you, based on their knowledge of all
the counselors at Wellspring.
Answers by Douglas Klesius, M.S. - LAPC
When Do You Need Counseling?
When problems are unmanageable and/or even painful, you are often unable to move
out of the problem enough to discover a solution without some assistance.
Counseling improves the quality of your life; it enables you to have a greater sense of
well-being.
Through counseling, you gain insights and techniques for dealing with adversity in your
life.
What Does Counseling Involve?
A trained professional counselor meets with families, individuals, groups or couples in
order to promote optimal mental health and well-being.
Counseling helps individuals prevent and rectify conflicts and problems.
Mental health counselors get information through observations, interviews, and
assessments, so they can decide the best course of action to help their client(s).
Mental health counselors often enable their clients to make positive choices and
changes due to the decisions and insights they help facilitate.
What Might Occur During a Counseling Session?
In order to better understand what the client is communicating, counselors may ask
questions pertaining to feelings, thoughts, beliefs, expectations, past experiences,
preferences, or other details relating to the issue.
It is often helpful for the client to identify a goal they hope to achieve. Several options
for enabling the client to reach their goal will be explored.
The counselor should encourage the client to ultimately draw their own conclusions and
choose the direction they want to take in resolving their issue.
In summary, the goal as a counselor is to help clients understand themselves and their
existence, so they may experience life more fully—happiness, serenity, confidence,
success.
What Counseling Methods are Used at Wellspring?
Wellspring Counselors are trained in how to use a variety of counseling methodologies;
however, the primary method used by each counselor depends on what they feel best
fits them, the client, and the presenting problem.
Can Everyone Benefit from Counseling?
Yes, problems that are small or large can negatively impact the quality of one’s life.
What Influences the Counseling Approach Used at Wellspring?
The body of knowledge that has been learned through study in psychotherapy,
The wisdom Wellspring counselors have gained through their education as well as life
and professional experiences.
How do You Choose the Counselor that is Right for You?
The rapport of the client and counselor is an extremely important factor in counseling.
The counselor must be:
Likeable and exhibit good interpersonal skills,
Flexible and able to meet individual needs by providing person-specific attention,
Able to provide something very applied and concrete,
Able to exhibit a positive and caring attitude,
Available for multiple sessions.
It is helpful to select a counseling center, such as Wellspring, that has counselors with
diverse professional and life experiences that enhance their ability to relate to and
communicate with clients who have a variety of different needs.
At the initial intake meeting, the counselor that determines what you need and want will
determine which counselor might be the best fit for you, based on their knowledge of all
the counselors at Wellspring.
