COUNSELING CORE VALUES
DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINE OF COUNSELING COUNSELING- is a field of study or a discipline that
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change and to continue learning throughout
is involved in the provision of advice or guidance in decision-making,
particularly
in
the lifespan, in formal and informal settings,
emotionally
and especially in the environment of
significant situations. -
counseling and psychological services.
A principled relationship characterized by
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Strong relationships as the primary vehicle
more
in helping others to learn new ways of
psychological theories and a recognized set
thinking, feeling and behaving, including
of
collaboration
the
application communication
of
one
skills,
or
modified
by
within
the
university
other
community and partnering with other
interpersonal factors, to clients’ intimate
offices to provide comprehensive mental
concerns, problems or aspirations. (Feltham
health services to students.
experience,
intuition
and
and Dryden, 1993) -
The potential of every human being to
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An emphasis on prevention of mental
The common factor in most counselling
health problems via education, intervention
situations is that the client is demoralized,
and
distressed or otherwise in a negative state
Community.
outreach
into
the
University
of mind about something. GOALS OF COUNSELING CHARACTERISTICS OF COUNSELING
1. Is a conversation with someone regarding
GOAL
some problem. 2. Counsellor draws out the facts from the pupils through counselling process.
Developmental Goals
3. Counseling helps the pupil in making selections and following those selections. 4. Counseling is assistance to the persons in their behaviour related problems in which their emotions and motivations are main
Preventive Goals
factors. 5. Counseling involves interactions in which the counsellor accepts the responsibility of positive contribution in the development of other people’s personality.
Enhancement Goals
6. Counseling is a learning oriented process. 7. Counseling is a face to face relationship with a person. This relationship is between counsellor and a client. 8. Counseling is democratic. It lays down the democratic system. The client can behave
Remedial Goals
as he wishes. 9. Counselling is a professional advice. 10. Counselling is problem-oriented. problem-oriented. 11. Counseling is based on appropriatenessof counselor’s prediction.
Exploratory Goals
12. Best counselling is in the form of the decision made by the counselee. 13. Counseling is possible in humorous and cooperative environment only. 14. Counseling is completely based on selfguidance. Reinforcement Goals
Cognitive Goals
Description These are those wherein the client assisted in meeting or advancing his/her anticipated human growth and development Prevention is a goal in which the counselor helps the client avoid undesirable outcome. If the client possess special skills and abilities, enhancement means they can be identified and further be improved through the help of a counsellor. It involves helping the client to treat an undesirable development. Exploration represents goals appropriate to the examining of options, testing of skills, and trying of new and different activities, environments, relationships, and etc. It is used when clients need help in recognizing that what they are doing, thinking and/or feeling is okay. It involves acquiring
the basic foundation of learning and cognitive skills. It involves acquiring the basic understandings and habits for good health. It helps in developing good social interaction skills, learning emotional control, developing a positive self-concept and so on.
Physiological Goals
Psychological Goals
accept a person and want to respect the rights of others. TYPES OF COUNSELING
1. Supportive Counseling – is most often used with people who have difficulty standing alone amid their problems. At frequent intervals, these persons may need sustained guidance. In supportive counseling, the goal is not to create a chronic dependency upon the counselor, but to give temporary support and help the person to gain strength and the resources to cope.
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF COUNSELING PROCESS
2. Confrontational Counseling- seeks to point
According to Mc Daniel and Shaftal, the counseling
out to the client his or her actions. The counselor guides the counselee into seeing
process is based on some basic principles:
what misdeeds were committed and to realize the hurt that might have been
(a) Principle of Acceptance:
According to this principle, each client must the accepted as an individual and dealt with as such. The counselor should give, due regard to
such
a
relationship
which
develops optimism and the environment shapes according to the person. All the thoughts accept
All the schools of thoughts of counseling advocate for the respect of the individual i.e., respecting an individual’s feelings must be an
things from getting worse. Areas like “how
sessions
in
premarital
counseling. 5. Spiritual Counseling- is a great necessity, the
Christian
often
seeks
the
opportunity to show persons the way to
(d) Principle of Thinking with the Individual:
with
or
counseling are examples of preventive
and
integral part of counseling process.
thinking
problems before they start or to prevent
retirement”
(c) Principle of Respect for the Individual:
emphasizes
4. Preventive Counseling – is used to stop
to keep healthy”, ”How to prepare for
the relative relationship of counseling.
Counseling
the client. Undesirable learned behavior
this case is a teacher.
(b) Principle of Permissiveness:
is
3. Educative Counseling – focuses on teaching
may have to be unlearned. The counselor in
the rights of the client.
Counseling
caused to others.
the
individual. It is essential to differentiate think for whom? And ‘why to think’? It is the role of
the counselor the think about all the forces around the client to join client’s thought
process and to work collectively with the client regarding his problem. (e) Principle of Learning:
All the assumptions of counseling accept the presence of learning-elements in the counseling process. (f) Principle of Consistency with Ideals of Democracy:
All the principles are associated with ideals of democracy. The ideals of democracy desire to
Christ. Sometimes there will be persons who want to find spiritual answers. People may be seeking for a purpose in life. 6. Depth
Counseling-
is
a
long-term
relationship in which deep seated problems of the counselee are uncovered and dealt with in detail. The counseling process is extended and demands the skill of a counseling
professional.
This
type
of
counseling is not for the layperson. 7. Informal Counseling – takes place in a casual setting. The counselor may be drawn into a conversation where their help might be asked for. Informal counseling may not seem very important, but it has helped many.
