The goal of counseling & psychotherapy as a field is to “study and understand” behavior.
The field of counseling & psychotherapy helps to alleviate maladjustment, disability, and discomfort as well as to promote human adaptation, adjustment, and personal development.
This mainly focuses on the intellectual, emotional, biological, psychological, social, and behavioral aspects of human functioning across the life span, in varying cultures, and at all socioeconomic levels.
The goal of Counseling is the prevention and alleviation of children’s problems or their placement in appropriate care giving and educational environments.
The therapies are used based on theories depending on the child or problem like,
- Behavior therapy
- Cognitive behavior therapy
- Family therapy
- Play therapy
- Individual therapy
- Group therapy
- Parenting
- Existential therapy
- Projective techniques like modeling, painting
- Rational emotive behavior therapy
- Remedial training, etc.