Counseling 143553 223177655 2008-07-02T22:25:28Z Alex.muller 4517086 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/193.120.116.178|193.120.116.178]] to last version by ClueBot (using [[WP:HG|Huggle]]) The word '''counseling''' (or '''counselling''') comes from the Middle English ''counseil'', from Old French ''conseil'', from Latin ''cōnsilium''; akin to ''cōnsulere'', to take counsel, consult.<ref>American Heritage Dictionary, 4th ed.</ref> Counseling can be defined as a relatively short-term, interpersonal, theory-based process of helping persons who are fundamentally psychologically healthy resolve developmental and situational issues.<ref>Gladding, S. T. (1996).Counseling: A Comprehensive Profession, Third Edition.</ref> There are probably as many definitions of counseling as there are practitioners to describe it. The term was originally used by [[Frank Parsons]] in 1908. It was adopted by [[Carl Rogers]] in response to widespread prejudice in the U.S. against lay therapists and also because he was not then permitted by the psychiatry profession to call himself a [[psychotherapy|psychotherapist]].{{Fact|date=January 2008}} The difference between definitions of counseling and psychotherapy is less significant than the practitioners' perceptions of their [[raison d'être]]. ==References== <!-- this 'empty' section displays references defined elsewhere --> {{reflist}} ==See also== * [[List of counseling topics]] *[[American Counseling Association]] *[[British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy]] *[[Counseling psychology]] *[[Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia]] *[[Australian Counselling Association]] *[[School Counseling]] [[Category:Mental health]] [[Category:Counseling]] {{Wiktionary}} [[id:Konseling]] [[it:Counseling]] [[lt:Psichologinė pagalba]] [[nl:Counseling]] [[sr:Саветовање]] [[zh:輔導]]