Counselling—face to face

Identifying and definitional attributes

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Counselling services operate through a range of mediums including face-to-face, telephone and online. This service type is intended only for services providing face-to-face counselling.

Counselling services provide a structured process that is concerned with addressing and resolving specific problems, making decisions, working through feelings and inner conflicts, or improving relationships with others (BAC 1986). Counselling facilitates personal growth, development, self-understanding and the adoption of constructive life practices.

The counselling process will depend on the individual counsellor, the individual client and the specific issue.

Context:Help on this termMental health non-government organisation establishments service type taxonomy.

Collection and usage attributes

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Distinguishing features:

  • Delivered face-to-face
  • Primarily centre-based
  • Includes individual, family and group counselling
Inclusions:
  • Talking therapies
  • Grief counselling
  • Relationship counselling
Exclusions:
  • Counselling delivered in the context of other service types, e.g. Personalised support, carer support programs

Example organisations:

  • National Association for Loss and Grief (NALAG)

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

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Has been superseded by Counselling—face to face
See also Mental health non-government organisation service type code N[N]
Metadata items which use this glossary item:Help on this term
Counselling—face-to-face mental health service type cluster
Mental health non-government organisation establishments NBEDS 2015-
Mental health non-government organisation grants cluster