Discuss the 6 step aproach to counselling on end life acceptance and self acceptance

Working with clients that have end-of-life concerns or those who have a problem accepting the self, one has to put in certain structures to guarantee that their psychosocial needs are well catered for. A six-step approach can provide a framework for this process:

 1. Establishing a Therapeutic Relationship

 Objective: Trust your clients and the rest of your audience to appreciate your efforts.

 Action: The first step is to try to establish a context that is secure and supportive to some level where nobody can feel that the others or they themselves are being judged. Use the active listening techniques and ensure that you look Interested.

 Example: For instance, a counselor may start by questioning him or her about what they feel concerned about and then accept or acknowledge the feelings expressed by the individual.

 2. Identifying Issues of Concern for an Individual

 Objective: Determine consequences that are unique to each person and the difficulties that he shines undergo.

 Action: A comprehensive evaluation of the patient to establish what the patient has anxieties over, do they have any concerns at all regarding the final moments of their lives and what do they hope to accomplish. This can go as far as investigating on their background, beliefs and the emotions they have at the time of the session.

 Example: Make questions or sharing an assessment on the life achievements, and the regrets as well as what the person with the terminal illness perceives as the time he or she has left.

 3. Providing Information and Education

 Objective: Ensure that the individual has all the require information so that the can make appropriate decisions.

 Action: Give information on how the dying process will occur and what help and support may be available, and intervention to allow resolution of self-acceptance concerns. This could involve information regarding the end-of-life care, the spiritual needs of the patients, or cognitive-behavioral therapies for persona facets.

 Example: Teach the person about the options to treat pain or inform about the services for spiritual guidance.

 4. Promoting Verbally and Non-Verbally Measured Emotional Release

 Objective: They have to help the individual to identify his or her feeling and to manage the same.

 Action: Allow the individual to do most of the talking; this will enable him/her to freely communicate his/her emotions/troubles. Encourage the children to do journaling, use role-plays, or guided imagery in order to make them express themselves.

 Example: Teach the person to talk about his or her fears or regrets and apply some skills that can enable the person to control anxiety such as mindfulness skills.

 5. Examining Coping Behaviour and Sources of Assistance

 Objective: Find out how to cope with signs of being emotionally distraught to decrease such signs.

 Action: Discuss with the client on how to overcome his/her problems and find out the resources that can be sought such as family, friends, support groups, or clergy. Consequently, the emphasis should be made on the practical approach to the existing symptoms and emotional concerns.

 Example: Assist the individual to develop a strategy on how to interact with the relatable persons or get services with the centers of their choice.

 6. Assisting People to Accept Themselves and Die Empty

 Objective: Help the individual to accept their current situation and or their life.

 Action: Help the individual to gain purpose and value in life and to come to terms with the issue and get closure. This could encompass teaching them how to establish individual objectives with regard to the time they have left, or aiding them in dealing with interpersonal matters that they had not sort out.

 Example: Organise a meeting with family or friends to talk about means of building a legacy, for example, writing messages to loved ones, carrying out activities that would make you have a sense of accomplishment before dying or performing fulfilling activities.

 Such organization means that a person who comes to the church counseling with problems on end of life or self-acceptance does not get general consolation but receives adequate care of his kind.