ABSTRACT
The essence of therapeutic relationships is each client's perception of genuine empathy and unconditional positive regard from his counselor. As many clients either come to counseling not knowing what to expect or with mistaken expectations, one of the tasks, as counselor, is to structure or clarify clients' use of counseling. Some of the arrangements of counseling that people find important to explain to clients include the length and frequency of sessions, and issues related to scheduling and rescheduling. Time warnings and generally ending the sessions on time allow clients the ultimate responsibility over use of their time in counseling. Higher-level reflections reflecting clients' process or pattern of behaviors in counseling, can help the clients become aware of how they are using counseling. The chapter presents two examples of process reflections to help clients understand the use of counseling: delaying emotional topics, and approaching and then moving away from emotional topics.
