Opening dialog

This is the first consultation of two completely equal parties, the client and the counselor. The former seeks kelp, the latter offers and provides solutions. The dialog takes place in a safe and friendly environment, encourages the client to express himself and state what kind of help he is seeking. The therapist takes adequate time to explain the client what kind of help he may expect from the counselor and under what conditions. It is essential always to consider both the client’s pint of view and the therapist’s possibilities. Logically, both of them wish to form a useful working relations as a means of reaching a common goal – solution of the given problem(s). The opening dialog should lead to an agreement on a bilaterally acceptable "assignment", as a base from which different therapeutic methods and processes will derive.