Guidance And Counseling: Health Belief Model

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INTRODUCTION It is quite axiomatic to note that people go through some difficulties in life which they need some one to talk to or console them, if not, they would be overcome by their difficulty and thus life would be unpleasant for them. In every aspect of life, lets say business or medical aspects, people tend to seek the advice from someone whom they feel has knowledge in the field or can give answers to their questions. Thus that act of counseling or guidance is brought to the fore, but this is in a loose sense. In a strict sense, Counseling is a process in which a counselor, or a therapist, helps you understand the causes for your problems and guides you through the process of learning to make good life decisions. From this we can see that a patient goes to his doctor for medical advice he is undergoing medical counseling or when a parishioner goes to a priest for advice he or she is seeking a spiritual counseling. Thus counseling is a purposeful dynamic relationship between two or more individuals in which the procedures adopted may vary with the nature of the clients need but in which there is always mutual participation by the counselor and the counselee. In his book, Strupp defines counseling as an interpersonal process designed to bring about modifications of feelings, cognition, attitudes and behaviours which have proven troublesome to the individual seeking help from the counselor(Strupp:1978). Just as individuals are different, so also are their problems and needs. Just as Mr A needs a spiritual counseling, Mr B may need a medical counseling or even a psychological counseling. Also since humans are dynamic in behaviour so there are several techniques employed in counseling. This paper aims to present the Health belief model as a model of counseling and how it is applied in counseling amongst others such as psychological and spiritual models.
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