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This 3 page paper discusses whether or not the relationship between the client and counselor is a factor in the positive outcome of the counseling. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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has a different specialty, the client is entering into a relationship in which he or she will share personal information. Many people are reluctant to seek help because its
difficult to talk to others about serious personal issues. This paper discusses whether or not the relationship between the client and counselor is a factor in the positive outcome
of the counseling. Discussion In 2002, research revealed that there were "common factors across therapies that strongly predict outcomes"; these included "psychotherapeutic working alliance, counselor empathy, and client and
counselor attitude similarity" (Nelson, 2002). The research also supports what has come to be one of the fundamental tenets of counseling: "that the relationship between counselor and client
is the primary vehicle through which healing occurs" (Nelson, 2002). Almost all counselors accept this theory, but they want to do more than engage in active listening and respond
"with deep empathy" (Nelson, 2002). "Current outcome research has shown that not only are there common factors at work in good counseling but that most theoretically based treatments do
work, particularly when they are used with appropriate populations" (Nelson, 2002). Nelson makes a case for "systematic eclecticism" as a counseling choice and identifies a way in which counselors
can decide "how to proceed with a particular client" (Nelson, 2002). "Eclecticism" refers to the practice of using different theoretical counseling techniques with the same client, rather than
"practicing from a single theoretical lens" (Nelson, 2002). This gives the counselor the freedom to choose the approach that best fits the individual client, rather than trying to make
the client fit the approach: "Interventions that are based on specific client needs and problems, rather than on the preferred strategy of the counselor, tend to lead to better
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