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• Stage 1

  Establishing rapport and relationship building - it focuses on introductions and Establishing rapport
• Stage 2

  Assessment - it is basically data collection phase
• Stage 3

  Setting goals- this can be immediate or long term which guves direction as to the flow of the counseling process
• Stage 4

  Intervention - this phase is largely dependent on the counselor's own thoughts about the counseling process
• Stage 5

  Termination and follow up - it is the final stage of the counseling process where counseling comes to an end