2006-10-14 12:30:01 · 6 answers · asked by cashion_heather 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
1. To focus your treatment toward a specific problem or achievement.
2. So you will have a sense of accomplishment and closure when a goal is reached.
3. So that when a goal is reached you can set a new goal that may have seemed unattainable when you first started.
4. Prevent a patient from feeling depressed or discouraged due to a lack of progress when no goal is set and the treatment seems pointless.
These apply to academics, psychology, and really all aspects of a persons life.
2006-10-14 13:01:31 · answer #1 · answered by bookworm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Otherwise insurance companies will use lack of goals as an excuse not to pay for the services provided.
2. To measure progress.
2006-10-14 12:32:49 · answer #2 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To avoid mental meandering and to identify why it is that you are there, what help you need and when it can reasonably be accomplished. The cognitve input and output of the client is essential for progress, the counselor doesn't just 'heal' you passively.
2006-10-14 12:35:03 · answer #3 · answered by island girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SO YOU KNOW WHAT GOAL THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK TOWARD, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO SET A GOAL FIRST.
2006-10-14 12:33:40 · answer #4 · answered by tinkerbell 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to have something to work towards from the outset rather than just as an afterthought....
so what it's all about is established before other thoughts etc set in?
2006-10-14 12:38:27 · answer #5 · answered by Can I Be Your Pet? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order to see that progress is being made or has been made. Otherwise there is no clear indication that it was of any use.
2006-10-14 12:33:20 · answer #6 · answered by JAM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋