Lesson 2 (120 minutes)

Disciplines and Ideas in the

Applied Social Sciences

By: JMA Salvilla

Topic: Counseling
- The Discipline of Counseling
Introduce yourself to the group:
Name
Where you are from
Your Organization
Your Job Title and Responsibility
(Name Tag)
What do you think you are going to learn
in this Lesson?
• At the end of the lesson, the learners will be able to:

• 1. develop a comprehensive definition of counseling as

an applied social science;
• 2. describe the context involved in counseling;
• 3. identify the principles of counseling;
• 4. clarify how different factors contribute to successful
counseling based on the concepts and principles of
counseling;
• 5. determine life situations that are within the goals and
scope of professional counseling;
• 6. demonstrate how core values of counseling can be
infused in counseling sessions.
How do you define counseling?
Definition of Counseling:

- the process of guiding a person during a

stage of life when reassessments or
decisions have to be made about himself or
herself and his or her life course.
Counseling is not the same thing as giving
advice (making recommendations)

Counseling helps clients to make their own

decisions.
Discussion Point:

How is counseling different to

interviewing?
Interviewing is: collecting information
for a specific use as opposed to
counseling which involves assisting
clients to understand their emotions and
reactions to a situation.
Discipline of counseling:
* application of psychological theories
* and recognized set of communication skills
* appropriate to the client

Clients - person/s in a demoralized, distressed , or in a

negative state of mind

Counseling methods: face-to-face dialog, group

work, telephone, email, or other written materials.
• Goals of Counseling:
- Empowering a client
- Emancipation from a felt problem
- Client to attain insight and
understanding of oneself
- Client to develop skills and abilities
that require self-management
What are the important points to
remember when we provide counseling?
List one thing new that you understand
today…

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Context and the Basic Concepts of Counseling:
1. Peers as context
2. Neighborhood as context
3. Culture as context
4. Counseling as context
a. Client Factors
b. Counselor Factor
c. Contextual Factors
d. Process Factors

6 Stages in the Process of counseling

1. Developing Trust
2. Exploring problem areas
3. Helping to set goals
4. Empowering into action
5. Helping to maintain change
6. Agreeing when to end the helping relationship
 Read page 35-Intro to Counseling

“The Six Step Process”

Each Learner to expound one topic.

Scope of Counseling:
- application of some psychological theories and
recognized communication skills.

Principle of Counseling: