What is Peri-natal non-directive counselling?

Perinatal non-directive counselling is an eLearning training program for health professionals working with individuals who have any personal concerns about a current or recent pregnancy. This includes full-term, part-term or planned termination.

 

What is meant by a non-directive approach to counselling?

It is called non-directive or client-centered psychotherapy. This therapy does not try to solve the patient's problems for him, but rather establishes the conditions under which a patient can work out his own salvation. Each year non-directive psychotherapy grows in importance.

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What is the difference between directive and non-directive counselling?

Directive counselling is also called the prescriptive counselling because the counsellor prescribes the solutions or the course of action for the pupils. 2. Non-Directive Counselling: In this type of counselling the counselee or client or pupil, not the counsellor is the pivot of the counselling process.

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What are the advantages of non directive counselling?

A non-directive approach allows the recipient to formulate their own solutions and actions as a result of skilled listening and questioning from the mentor or coach. Advantages of non-directive approach for the mentor or coach: mentor/coach does not need to be an expert in the field.

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What are the steps of non directive counselling?

Steps of Non-Directive Counseling

• Defining the problematic situation.

• Free expression of feelings.

• Development of Insight.

• Classification of positive and negative feelings.

• Termination of Counseling situation.

 

What are the disadvantages of non-directive counselling?

Demerits of non directive counseling

• Non-directive counselling process is time consuming.

• In this approach the counselor is passive therefore, the client may not express his feeling freely.

• It is not suitable for immature individual.