Counseling psychology is the field of science that deals with assisting, guiding, directing and facilitating all those who are in trouble. Basically psychoanalysis involves two people, one who assists and the other who needs assistance. The former is called a counselor and the latter one is known as the patient. The therapist has number of roles to play. At times, he might act as a teacher who guides or a facilitator who provides optimal environment to others facilitate growth and development.

Psychoanalysis is not just the combination of a therapist and a patient rather it involves a relationship establishment between the two. In analysis psychology, there are number of approaches such as Freudian, Experiential, Behavioral, Cognitive behavioral. towards the counseling process. A counselor may choose any approach according to the needs and the problems faced by his client. He does not implement the counseling approach that is easier for him to apply but the one that fulfills the demands of clients problems. Counseling psychology highly considers the individuality of clients. There always exist differences in individuals and each individual is unique. So is the process for individuals.

Steps to considered
Relationship establishment
Before the counselor can start off with finding a solution to the clients problem, it is very important that there exists a warm and caring relationship between the two. It is totally the counselors responsibility to make it work. The counselors ability to build a strong relationship depends upon his congruence.

Counselors congruence means his quality of being real, genuine and honest. Therapist should not pretend or fake his feelings and ideas about his clients. Unconditional positive regard is the other quality that a good therapist must have. This means accepting the client the way he is, without making any judgments.

Problem identification and evaluation
After establishing a good relationship, therapist and the patient should together attempt to find out the problem which was faced by the patient. Here, majority of work is done by the client. The therapist just facilitates patient. After the problem is identified, the therapist would like to know that is it the real problem of the client.This purpose he administers various psychological tests to evaluate his hypothesis.

Solution and interpretation
Gradually the analyst and the patron come up with the solution to the problem. The major role in this step of analysis is of patient. Once the solution is found then there is termination of process, but it is the patients' choice to carry on or to stop the process. The patient can come to the analyst anytime..