Counseling metaphors

Feminist Therapy is built on the premise that it is essential to consider the social, cultural, and political context that contributes to a person’s problems in order to understand that person. Key Figures of this therapy: Jean Baker Miller / Carol Zerbe Enns / Oliva M. Espín / Laura S. Brown Reference: Corey, G. (2017). Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy (10thth ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

Metaphors are valuable tools in the counseling process because they create structure, explain ideas, evoke emotion, and influence attitudes. Metaphors are an indirect, nonthreatening way of address…

With Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) you accept the pain of the past and commit to building a better future. One way to do this is with metaphors.

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What is the difference between Allegory and Metaphor? Allegory adds a hidden meaning to the text whereas Metaphor compares two unrelated things. Allegory...

The main difference between coaching and counseling is that coaching is future-focused while counseling is past-focused. Coaching helps you set and achieve..

This blog post explains my top 10 individual counseling activities that are effective when planning your individual counseling sessions. I discuss how to effectively incorporate social stories for kids, counseling books for elementary, mindfulness activities, counseling board games, discussion cards, and more! Click to read more about these counseling tips and tricks and begin planning how you ca start implementing these student counseling tools into your lesson plans!

Therapeutic Use of Metaphors....Metaphors encourage flexible thinking, and thinking in new ways is a key to resiliency, as we help our clients change old habits and “get out of their own way.”