The Counseling Profession

Clients often come to counselors to change their lives in some way, such as to become more assertive. As likely, clients seek counseling as a result of some change, prehaps a death or different working conditions. Clients ofren find themselves in the midsyt of some change they do not understand or over which they have little control. In its most general form, counseling provides a context for such change. How to evplain any change, how …

…through which to view the client. The professional counselor appreciates that people are different but users knowledge of developmental theory to understand these differences within the context of a universal human process. Because so much of their work involves making decisions related to human development, counselors need to understand the assumptions upon which such decisions are made. Counselors need to understand all developmental theories and how these theories are applied to counseling to be effective.