Psychological counseling refers to the process of using psychological methods to seek solutions for those who have problems in psychological adaptation. People who need to solve problems and come for help are called visitors or customers, and consultants who provide help are called consultants. ?
Visitors tell, ask and discuss their psychological discomfort or psychological obstacles to the counselor through communication media such as language and writing.
With its support and help, through discussion with colleagues, we can find out the causes of psychological problems, analyze the crux of the problems, and then seek the conditions and countermeasures to get rid of the predicament and solve the problems, so as to restore psychological balance, improve the adaptability to the environment and improve physical and mental health.
Psychological counseling in a broad sense includes psychological counseling and psychotherapy, and sometimes psychological examination and psychological test are also listed as the scope of psychological counseling. Psychological consultation in a narrow sense does not include psychotherapy, psychological examination and psychological test, and is only limited to providing psychological assistance and consulting help to visitors through interviews, letters, internet and telephone calls.
The most common and main object of psychological counseling is healthy people or people with psychological problems, which is different from extremely healthy people and is the main object of psychotherapy.