Painful emotions (like grief, rage, guilt and shame) can be released or discharged by getting counseled by a counselor, psychotherapist, social worker and other trained mental health professional. When people undergo problems/difficulties and illnesses they require counseling. Emotional difficulties can compromise the person’s cognitive abilities and that leads to suffering. Hence people require help from the trained professionals called counselors. People who take counseling from the professional are called counselee or client.

Counseling facilitates the client’s growth/ change. It is a two-way collaborative process. Both counselor and counselee work together towards a particular goal or problem of the counselee.

Who can seek counseling?
Counseling can be sought by people who need personal and social development; people who need to process their major life events/trauma; people who want to achieve their goal; people who want someone to listen; people who are trying to learn more about themselves; people who are struggling with mental health/illness; people who want to have a meaningful relationship.

Anyone who wants to improve their life can seek help from a mental health professional.