FRHD 3400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Intentionality, Sexual Orientation, Neuroplasticity

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3400
• Professor: Tuuli Kukkonen

Document Summary

Interviewing may be considered the most basic; it is often associated with information gathering and providing necessary data to help clients resolve issues. Counseling focuses on normal developmental concerns and is a more intensive and personal process. Counseling is more about listening to and understanding a client"s life challenges and, along with the client, developing strategies for change and growth. Psycho- therapy emphasizes treatment of more deep-seated issues- today they mostly offer short sessions and treat with medications. The eld of counseling and therapy is now well supported by empirical research. More recently, neuroscience ndings have added to our understanding, solidifying counseling as a scienti c undertaking. Nonetheless, it is you, the counselor or therapist, who effectively integrates the many aspects of research and theory and creatively applies these. Ndings to the client. (counseling and psychotherapy indeed have a scienti c base, but applying that science is, in truth, an art form.