Guidance and Counseling

Case Study
Angeline Odonio

BSED 1-English

Submitted by:

Ivy Bianca Guevarra

BSED 2-English

Submitted to:

Professor Arlene Cruz

 A. State of the Problem

Counselee looks so tired, confused and hesitating if she’s going to share her problem
to the counselor. Based on my observation as a counselor, the counselee encountering
stress. Being stress isn’t obvious to her, it seems she can handled it. But during our
interview she’s been encountering pressure when it comes to the study. She’s being
pressure because she was adjusting herself from senior high school student to become
a college student. Financial problem is one of her problem when it comes to her family,
she wants to help her family to the expenses for being working student but it can’t be
because of the schedule in school. Other problem that she encountered was insecurities.
Insecurity in terms of academic, she keep on comparing her to the other people or
students. She’s degrading her own self. She’s thinking that all of her classmates are
intelligent more than her. She cannot express her thoughts and ideas, she cannot recite
during the discussion because of being shy. Lack of confidence. Other thing about
insecurity was her looks, she’s envious to those girls who are prettier than her. Though
she has a past boyfriend, but still she’s insecure. She’s afraid to be judge by other
because of the beauty that she has.

B. Analysis of the Data

The counselee named Angeline Odonio, eighteen years of age from San Lorenzo
Taytay, Rizal. She’s currently first year college at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasig with
the program of Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in English. She’s the oldest
daughter of her parent. She has two siblings. Her father was tricycle driver while her
mother is taking care of her siblings or should I say house wife. She’s used to be a working
student back when she is senior high school to help her parent to the expenses but now
she can’t be because of her schedule in school. Luckily she doesn’t have a tuition fee.
The only expenses for her study are projects and transportation. She knows how to save
money.

C. Counseling Technique

The strategy that the counselor used is question and answer. The counselor prepared
some questions regarding to a particular problem of everyone. The following are the
conversation between counselee and counselor after gathering the personal information
of counselee.

Counselor: Kamusta ka naman nitong mga nakaraang araw?

Counselee: Hmmmm, so far ok naman po. Medyo na papagod lang sa mga bagay bagay.

Counselor: Tulad ng?

Counselee: On Academic, Family and Self po

Counselor: Let’s start with your acads, how is it?

Counselee: I feel pressure po kasi malapit na po finals, madami na po yung Gawain o

paper works, tapos feeling ko po iba yung expectations ng mga professor sa expectation
ng mga students. Willing naman po ako sa course na kinuha ko pero di ko naman po
inisip na ganito kahirap. Kasi po yung thinking ng mgaraming tao na kapag Education po,
yun po ang pinakamadaling course sa lahat but then I realize na lahat po ng course ay
mahirap. Saka di ko naman po alam na pag first year college po may major na agad.
Mahirap lang po pag sabay sabayin lahat ng gawain.

Counselor: Alam mo, pressure innate na yan when in terms of academic, nasa sayo
nalang yan kung paano mo siya handle. Saka we are not just an educators but we are
EDUCATORS, without teachers they are nothing. Ok? Expectations? It doesn’t matter as
long as you can prove to yourself that you did a great job in every tasks. You have to
manage your time. The problem of yours in terms of academics is lack of time
management. Once you manage your time you can do it. No more pressure at all.

Counselee: Sige po, saka ate na insecure din po ako sa mga classmate ko na recite ng
recite. Feeling ko po naleleft behind ako sa mga classmate ko. Feeling ko po sobrang
hina ko kasi po di ko man lang magawa na mag share ng thoughts and ideas during
discussison.

Counselor: In short you are degrading yourself?

Counselee: Parang ganun na nga po.

Counselor: It doesn’t matter kung gaano sila katalino o mas matalino pa sila kaysa sayo.
Always remember na every individual has their own differences. All you have to do is to
cope up with your fear. Di uso sa mga magiging teacher ang mahiyain. Be brave to share
your thoughts and ideas.

Counselee: *Keep on nodding her head.

Counselor: Anything else?

Counselee: Body Shaming. Siguro po dahil sa mga naririnig ko na sinasabi ng ibang tao.
Kasi po nandoon po yung thinking na kapag maitim, ganito itsura (Pointing herself) ee
pangit po.

Counselor: Ee ano naman kung ganyan itsura mo? So what kung mas maganda sila
sayo? Hindi nakakatalino ang kagandahan . Ganito nalang, isipin mo yung mga bagay na
mayroon ka na wala sila. The beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You are beautiful in
different way. Maaaring maganda sila physically how about their inner self, are they still
beautiful?

Counselee: Pag maganda kasi sila yung bida.

Counselor: So, gusto mo mag bida bida?

Counselee: di naman po.

Counselor: Angie, alam mo you have to be contented on what you have or who you are.
Mas maraming magkakagusto sayo pag pinakita mong yung totoong ikaw. Just be
yourself.

Counselee: Ok po.

D. Diagnosis.

The counselee keep on degrading herself by comparing herself to other people. Being
a timid person. She thinks that she cannot handle her problem. For her, a small problem
is like a big problem. She doesn’t know how to manage her time. Insecure to other people.
Body shaming. At first she was hesitating to open up her problem or situation, maybe
because she don’t know me a lot. She don’t know if she can trust me. But I explain to her
that whatever she said or open up to me it is between me and her, of course including
the professor. After our conversation she realize something. She realized that she always
depend on what will other say. And also, she need to become bold and strong. She
realized that there is such time for the study. Willingness to finish her paper works is the
answer for not having a pressure.

E. Follow Up

The counselor will check the counselee if she’s doing great a week or a month after
the counseling. The counselor doesn’t recommend the counselee to go to the Guidance
Office for more assistance because the problem of the counselee it seems a basic
misunderstanding on her part. Giving some advices will make the counselee realized a
lot of thing.
F. Documentary