Exit Counseling - Approaches in Exit Counseling

Approaches in Exit Counseling

While all exit counselors stress non-violence, respect for the person, and autonomous informed choice of the person, there are three main approaches the field of exit counseling (Clark, 1993):

• an information-oriented approach, which stresses the sharing of information. Proponents of this approach are e.g. Carol Giambalvo, Janja Lalich, David Clark
• a change-oriented psychological approach, which does also share information but includes as well formal counseling. An example for this is the strategic intervention therapy of Steven Hassan.
• a change oriented theological (evangelistic) approach. This is practiced, e.g., by Randall Watters