One of the most important functions of counseling is to help people make meaning out of their past and present lives.
Sometimes people come to counseling in a state of existential crisis; something has happened to them (a diagnosis, a relationship breakup) that has made them question their long-held views of themselves and the world. They don’t know what to think anymore. They may be feeling completely at sea. They need someone to help them figure out what they believe now, who they will be now, and how they can move forward from this point on.