DIRECTIVE COUNSELING

(Trait and Factor Counseling by: Edmund Griffin Williamson)

 Astillo, Froilan Z.
 Bersabal, Aileen B.
 Bundang, Frances A.
WHAT IS COUNSELING?
 The core
 defines as consultation
 mutual interchange of opinions
WILLIAMSON, E.G.

 a means of helping people to learn

how to solve their own problems
PURPOSE OF COUNSELING

 aimed at assisting an individual toward self

knowledge, self realization, self development.
 aimed at the progressive development of the
individual to solve his problems unassisted.
TYPES OF COUNSELING

 DIRECTIVE COUNSELING

 NON DIRECTIVE
COUNSELING

 ECLECTIC COUNSELING
DIRECTIVE COUNSELING

 Concerned with the individual’s total

development across life stages and environment.
 allows the counselor to give the counselee
information about himself, his opportunities his
problems.
DIRECTIVE COUNSELING

 counselor does no judge, condemn or

criticize. He evaluates facts objectively
and explains the issue without offending
the counselee.
 
5 STEPS FOR DIRECTIVE COUNSELING

 CLINICAL ANALYSIS - collecting, summarizing, and

organizing data
 DIAGNOSIS - formulating hypotheses' as to the cause or
the causes of the problem

 PROGNOSIS - predicting the development of the problem

 COUNSELING - the heart of the process wherein the counselor

and counselee talk and discuss the
problem, and by means of leading questions,
enables the counselee to develop insight.
 FOLLOW UP - helping pupils with recurring of new problem.
 CONCEPT OF INDIVIDUAL IN
DIRECTIVE COUNSELING  

 possess pattern of traits

 these traits can be objectively identified
 traits can be profiled to represent individual's
potential
CONCEPT OF ANXIETY
 anxiety can be stimulus for growth as we
become aware of and accept or freedom
 anxiety is the body’s natural response to
danger, an automatic alarm that goes off
when we feel threatened.
 anxiety is a feeling of nervousness,
apprehension, fear, or worry.