Counseling Methods
I have been advising a male cousin of mine who had recently gotten married five months ago. I thought to myself if he would be the right candidate to choose for this practicum exercise. Building my knowledge in the counseling methods class made me realize that I had been obviously using two therapeutic settings. Counseling psychologist, which of cause I am not licensed in but I am dealing with his problems related to personal adjustment, marriage, family and career. Also pastoral counselors, which I am also not certified in but experienced maintaining a vision of spiritual wholeness rooted in my belief in the healing power of God.
My primary focus for this interview was to convince my cousin that I was not offering my advise of what I would do facing his issues. But, as I learned in counseling methods by the materials of Parrot (1997) using empathic abilities to put myself in the shoes of my cousin and see the world as he sees it. Empathy is risky because it......

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Title: Counseling Methods
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