ABSTRACT
Problems will inevitably arise in counseling as should be expected. When Socratic counselors are attentive to arising problems in their sessions and when they can find the sources of those problems, they can better create solutions so that their relationships with their clients progress more successfully. Since Socratic method has a precise framework, new clients will need help learning the format of destructive and constructive phases so that they are sufficiently socialized into the counseling relationship. Sometimes clients may fall off track in their discussions of a problem or they may overwhelm a counselor with an outpouring of testimony. Some clients may be unwilling to follow the structure of a Socratic Counseling session due to one or a number of reasons. An important intervention is to discuss the client's reasons for resisting the structure of Socratic sessions. Religious counselors explicitly integrate spiritual or religious elements in counseling from a particular religious perspective.
