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2) Counselee
The characteristics of a counselee or client involve -
*Ready and acceptance - Ready to accept help from a professional regarding the
mental health problem.
*Will - Willingness to seek help and expectation of a fruitful, positive outcome.
*Be Positive - Positive expectation of a client helps to reduce cost and treatment
duration.

3) Counselling process
The aim is to help people to gain insight into themselves so that they are able to
utilize their own potential and opportunities and thus become self-sufficient,
self-directed and self-actualized.
To get an effective outcome, a beautiful relationship grows between the
counselor and the counselee. A healthy relationship helps to get a fruitful
solution to the problem. As a result, a person gains a positive attitude and new
insight from the counselor, which allows them to solve future problems by
themselves.
Application of counseling in various fields
1) General mental health Counselling:-
General mental health counselor helps to treat individuals, families and couples
who have problem or issues regarding anxiety, stress, depression and self-esteem
issues.

2) Education:- (employment in schools, colleges and Universities)
Education therapist or academic mentor helps to solve the problem or gives
career advice for students who are struggling with learning disabilities, proper
Motor skills, cognitive function, lacking aptitude or identity crisis.

3) Rehabilitation:-
Rehabilitation counselor helps to treat people, who have a physical or
psychological disease, chronic illness, birth defects, social anxiety using
psychotherapeutic techniques.

4) Drug/Substance abuse and addiction:-Counselling psychologist or Drug
counsellor provide behavioural modification treatment to the patient who has
issues regarding drugs, alcohol or addictive behaviour.

5) Community health counselling:- (religion, economics, ethnicity, sexuality,
psychological health)
Community health counselor helps to maintain the health and wellness of an
entire community. They work for community-based educational programs to
develop appropriate mental processing and preventive service for the
community.

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