COUNSELING

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COUNSELING

The Meaning of Counseling


• … an art and a science wherein
you endeavour to weigh the
objective and subjective facets
of the counseling process
(Nystul, 2003).
• It is about counsellors who are
discerning and possesses skills
to formulate objective
observations and interferences.
Guidance and Counseling Act of
2004
• Guidance and counselling is the profession that implicates the
application of “an integrated approach to the development of a
well-functioning individual” through the provision of support that
aids an individual to use his/her potentials to the fullest in
accord with his/her interests, needs, and abilities.
Goals of Counseling
According to Gibson and Mitchell (2003):
1. Development Goals – assist in meeting or advancing the
client’s human growth and development including social,
personal, emotional, cognitive, and physical wellness.
2. Preventive Goals – helps the client avoid some undesired
outcome
3. Enhancement Goals – enhance special skills and abilities
4. Remedial Goals – assisting a client to overcome and treat an
undesirable development
5. Exploratory Goals – examining options, testing new and
different activities, etc.
6. Reinforcement Goals – helps client in recognizing that what
they are doing, thinking, and feeling is fine
7. Cognitive Goals – involves acquiring the basic foundation of
learning and cognitive skills
8. Physiological Goals – involves acquiring the basic
understanding and habits for good health
9. Psychological Goals – aids in developing good social
interaction skills, learning emotional control, and developing
positive self-concept
List of Counseling Goals by
McLeod (2003):
• Insight • Acquisition of Social Skills
• Relating with others • Cognitive change
• Self-awareness • Behavior change
• Self-acceptance • Systematic change
• Self-actualization • Empowerment
• Enlightenment • Restitution
• Problem Solving • Generativity
• Psychological Education
Core Values and Ethical
Principles of Counseling
Autonomy of Individuals
• is based on the right to freedom of action and freedom of choice
in so far as the pursuit of these freedom does not interfere with
the freedom of others; counseling cannot happen unless the
client has made a free choice to participate
Principle and Nonmaleficence

• Instruction to all helpers or healers that they must, above all, do


no harm
• Beneficense refers to the order to promote human welfare
Principle of Justice
• Concerned with the fair distribution of resources and services,
unless there is some acceptable reason from treating them
differently
• Commitment to be fair goes beyond that of the ordinary person;
in view of the agreement to promote worth and dignity of each
individual, counsellors are required to be concerned with equal
treatment for all individuals (Kitchener, 1984 as cited in McLeod,
2003).
Principle of Fidelity

• Shares the presence of loyalty, reliability, dependability and


action in good faith
• The rule of confidentiality reveals the importance of fidelity;
entering into a contract means to stay with the client and give
the case his or her efforts
Others
• Empathy • Humility
• Sincerity • Competence
• Integrity • Fairness
• Resilience • Wisdom
• Respect • Courage

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