Counselling is today a household word.
Nowadays, when one becomes 'stressed out' through pressures of work or problems at home, instead of reaching for the tranquillisers, as happened in the past, we now reach for the phone - to make contact with a counsellor. Carole Spiers discusses the role of the counsellor. Recently, counselling has received a very negative press from some quarters. It has even been said that counselling is creating a 'nanny state'. History has proved that any innovation risks running the gauntlet of scepticism and controversy.