Discuss advice giving within the counseling relationship. When is it appropriate to give a client advice? When would you not want to give advice to your clients?
What will be an ideal response?
?Particularly at the beginning of your relationship with your client, you may want to give advice about some course of action.
?Especially with a child or a Level 1 adult client, this may be appropriate if the person is incapable or temporarily in a position where he is not able to make healthy, informed choices. “Don’t run in front of that car,” or “Don’t beat your kids,” or “Go for help,” are all examples of directive advice that can be timely and appropriate.
?Advice giving can be problematic. When you tell others what to do, it presupposes that they do not have the ability to make the choice themselves.
?It is demeaning to your clients for you to make suggestions about things they are capable of deciding for themselves.
?Discussing options and making sure that all sides of an argument are fleshed out are perfectly appropriate and oftentimes helpful counseling strategies, but when the line is crossed and the counselor lands heavily on the side of one of the options, there is inherent danger.
? You should always give your clients as much responsibility for their own decision making as they can handle.
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