what is counseling.

[Sammy-San]

no Sam - Ive said before its all about the persons education, qualifications and skill-sets that determines that they know what the hell they are doing as a counsellor; as opposed to some random ranting uninformed advice from a person

It's about it being textbook language, basically.

 

[Zoii]

It's about it being textbook language, basically.

We are done - Sam go google

 

[Sammy-San]

Sam you could easily google and get better definitions than CF is likely to give you. The critical difference between advice and counselling is that advice offers a solution that may be informed or ill-informed. Counselling is a process of analysis and psychological assessment with therapies aiming at taking people on a carefully constructed journey to understand their own issues and to stage by stage carefully address the route cause.

So advice for someone who compulsarily shoplifts would be aimed at dont do it you fool you will be jailed. Counselling will uncover its driven by anxiety and depression following an abusal childhood and then address that route cause.

Its like there's a difference between evangelizing and being an evangelist.