Week 3 - Intro to Counselling (Building & Maintaining Alliance)
Stage 2 - Preferred Scenario
“If we were to work on these concerns and make a positive change, what would your life look like in an ideal scenario?”
Here the client identifies the possibility for what they see as a better future
The client must:
discover this for themselves
commit themselves to what they want to achieve
This is the process of setting goals
What Goals to Identify
Goals must be
mutually and collaboratively developed
realistic
Outcome of Stage 2
The person should:
Feel better understood
Open up enough to explore, uncomfortable or confronting ideas
Better understand how they feel and why
Have clear goals
Obstacles to Change
Common obstacles to change:
Lack of self belief
Habits
Time management
Goals are too big
Other factors that occur in real life situations