<P> As a transition is made to stage four, feelings will become prevalent at this time, so dealing with those feelings will be an important aspect of the intervention . While managing the feelings, the counselor must allow the client (s) to express his or her story, and explore feelings and emotions through active listening and validation . Eventually, the counselor will have to work carefully to respond to the client using challenging responses in order to help him or her work past maladaptive beliefs and thoughts, and to think about other options . </P> <P> 5 . Exploring Solutions and Educating the client in best practices of Coping </P> <P> At step five, the victim and counselor should begin to collaboratively generate and explore alternatives for coping . Although this situation will be unlike any other experience before, the counselor should assist the individual in looking at what has worked in the past for other situations; this is typically the most difficult to achieve in crisis counseling . </P> <P> 6 . Developing a concrete treatment plan / structure of activities and Reassuring the clients newly gained healthy perspective </P>

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