Disciplines and

Ideas in Applied
Social Sciences
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Professionals and Practitioners
in Counseling
Disciplines and Ideas in Applied Social Sciences – Grade 12
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 2: Professionals and Practitioners in Counseling
First Edition, 2020

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Disciplines and
Ideas in Applied
Social Sciences
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Professionals and Practitioners
in Counseling
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Disciplines and Ideas in Applied Social Sciences – Grade 12

Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Professional and Practitioners in
Counseling!

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by

educators both from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or
facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum
while overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and
independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also
aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies
that will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module.

You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning.

Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the learners as they
do the tasks included in the module.

For the learner:

Welcome to the Disciplines and Ideas in Applied Social Sciences – Grade 12

Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Professional and Practitioners in
Counseling!!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time.

You will be enabled to process the contents of the learning resource while
being an active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

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 What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in
the module.
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check what you already know about the
lesson to take. If you get all the answers
correct (100%), you may decide to skip this
module.
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the current lesson with the previous one.
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activity or a situation.
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the lesson. This aims to help you discover
and understand new concepts and skills.
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answers to the exercises using the Answer
Key at the end of the module.
What I Have Learned
This includes questions or blank
sentence/paragraph to be filled in to
process what you learned from the lesson.
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skill into real life situations or concerns.
Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your
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competency.
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to you to enrich your knowledge or skill of
the lesson learned. This also tends retention
of learned concepts.
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module.
At the end of this module you will also find:

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developing this module.

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The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of
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alone.

We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning
and gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies.

You can do it!

Hello!

It is wonderful that you have done great in your study as a Humanities and
Social Sciences student.

In this module you will explore further the world of counseling professionals
and practitioners.

The lessons are about the roles and functions and the specific work areas of
counselors.

You may find some tasks difficult or not so interesting, but it will be worth
the time to know more about counseling.

Take advantage of available resources to help you learn well. Learning

resources are things as well as persons that can help you learn better.

Make dictionary available at hand. It is time to frequently use your phone’s

dictionary application.

Continue learning.

Make learning more fun.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

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 1. discuss the roles and functions of counselors
2. identify specific work areas in which counselors work

True or False. Read and study each statement and determine if it is true or false.
Write your answer in your notebook.

1. The only profession in the field of counseling is guidance counselor of a

school.
2. A counselor can also play the role of being a teacher.
3. A counselor cannot intervene in a conflict.
4. Some specialization in the field of counseling include substance abuse
counseling, family counseling, career counseling, human resource
development and financial adviser.
5. The roles and functions of a counselor may differ to another counselor depending on
the nature of organizations he or she work for.
6. A counselor may specialize in marriage, couple and family counseling, career and
professional counseling, and military tactics.
7. Counselor uses personal experience to provide appropriate guidance and interventions
to the counselee.
8. A counselor may practice his or her profession to help achieve personal,
professional or organizational goals.
9. A counselor cannot serve a person who is depressed.
10. Guidance counseling is not regulated in the Philippines.

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Lesson
Professionals and
1 Practitioners in Counseling
Are you familiar with guidance office? Do you know who works there? In this
module you will be learning about the roles, functions and specialization work
areas of counseling. Recall your previous lesson about counselling as an applied
social science. Perform Activity 1 to help you cement your understanding of the
meaning, scope and goals of counselling and further increase your knowledge in
this discipline of applied social science.

Activity 1: Words are Enough

Instructions:
1. Put into words your understanding of the meaning, scope and goals of
counselling.
2. Use the graphic organizer prepared here for you and follow the instructions
in the box.
3. Do not copy the example. Don’t pressure yourself to be perfect. Just write
the first word that comes out in your mind.
4. Allow yourself to express your thoughts within 5 minutes.
5. Completely filled or not, look at the result of you graphic organizer and
assess your efforts.

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 Congratulations for completing Activity 1. You may have realized from the
activity that a person involved in counseling has unique knowledge and skills and
has tasks to do.
Read the text below to explore and discover the roles, functions, and
competencies of counselors. You will also learn the areas of specialization where
counselors work.

Roles, Functions, and Competencies of Counselors

Counselor uses the insights and principles of the different psychological theories in the
understanding of mental processes and human behaviors to provide appropriate guidance and
interventions to the counselee.

Counseling may be generally the work of counselors. It’s a broad task. The roles and
functions of a counselor may differ to another counselor depending on the nature of organizations
he or she work for. Generally there are basic competencies that a counselor should possess for his
or her role and to perform his or her functions.

The role of the counselor may include being a confidant, mediator, facilitator, moderator,
tests administer, human resource program developer, human resource manager, research director
and many more. A counselor may have one or combinations of these roles. It may be summarized
to being an assistant of a person or of a company in achieving the desired personal, professional or
organizational goals.

According to Republic Act 9258 or the Guidance and Counseling Act of 2004 in the
Philippines, functions of a guidance counselor the includes counseling, psychological testing, (as
to personality, career, interest, study orientation, mental ability and aptitude), research, placement,
group process, teaching and practicing of guidance and counseling subjects, particularly subjects
given in the licensure examinations, and other human development services.

Having multifaceted roles, counselors need to possess competencies to perform the

functions of their roles. These competencies are sets of skills and knowledge in guidance and
counseling which includes professional listening and writing skills, critical thinking,
communication skills, test development and administering skills, research skills, interpersonal
skills, leadership and managerial skills.

As stated earlier, the roles and functions of a counselor or guidance counselor vary
depending in the work area. A counselor may specialize in marriage, couple and family
counseling, career and professional counseling, substance abuse and rehabilitation counseling,
mental health, psychological and emotional health, conflict management, education and many
more

These are just starting points of giving you the ideas about the roles, functions and
competencies required for a guidance counselor and their work area specializations.

What is It
You may want to research more about them by reading books and online resources and
ask some persons for help. Activate you interest and explore further.

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Task 2: Exploring the World of Counseling
Instructions:
1. After reading the text, help yourself grasp the concepts presented in the text
through accomplishing the graphical organizer that follows.
2. Complete the table below by supplying the needed information.
3. Select three areas of specialization of counselors and write your choices in the
first column.
4. Write the role of counselor under the chosen specialization in the second
column.
5. Write the corresponding function of the said role of counselor in the third
column.
6. Study the example given for guidance.
7. Do not copy the example, challenge you self in generating your own example
after reading the text.

Area of Specialization Role Function/s

Marriage Counseling counselor listens and understands problems,

needs and conditions of married
individuals to give effective
counseling

1.

2.

3.

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Activity 3 Question and Answer Portion
You may have some realizations about the lessons. Keep up the good works.
Allow yourself to process your learning and solidify your understanding of the
lesson by answering the following questions:
1. What did you feel while working on the activities?
2. What can you say about counseling?
3. Why is counseling important?
4. Are all counselors the same?
5. Why do counselors’ roles vary?
6. What are the basic functions of a counselor?
7. What competencies do you think you possess that can make you a
counselor?
8. What are areas of specialization of counselors?
9. What area of speciation are you most interested with?
10. What kind of counselor do you think that your community need the
most? Why?

After writing your answers to the questions above, read them and
think about your answer. Ask yourself some questions. Are they good? What
else do you think you can improve? What concerns do yo wish to tell your
teacher, parents or guardians?

You are fantastic! You are almost done with this module. Now, you have to
declare you learnings! Make a sentence or two about the following:

1. the roles and functions of counselors

2. specific work areas in which counselors work

Tip:

Don’t push yourself too hard. Try beginning with a simple sentence with
three to five words and improve from there.

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 You are great!
Now put some actions in your learnings. Create a haiku, painting, rap, jingle,
dance steps, song, doll or trophy, video or memes about the roles and functions of
counselors. Share your work to your family, relatives, friends or teachers then ask
for feedback.

True or False. Read and study each statement and determine if it is true or false.
Write your answer only.

1. Guidance counseling is not regulated in the Philippines.

2. The only profession in the field of counseling is guidance counselor of a
school.
3. A counselor can also play the role of being a teacher.
4. Some specialization in the field of counseling include substance abuse
counseling, family counseling, career counseling, human resource
development and financial adviser.
5. A counselor may specialize in marriage, couple and family counseling, career and
professional counseling, and military tactics.
6. Counselor uses personal experience to provide appropriate guidance and interventions
to the counselee.
7. A counselor may practice his or her profession to help achieve personal,
professional or organizational goals.
8. The roles and functions of a counselor may differ to another counselor depending on
the nature of organizations he or she work for.
9. A counselor cannot serve a person who is depressed.
10. A counselor cannot intervene in a conflict.

You may want to know further about the specific jobs of a particular
professional or practitioners of counseling like the ones you learned from here.
Feed your interest. Research more about them. Ask some experts if you want.

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References

Bradley University, “A Career in Counseling: A Closer Look at Areas of Specialization.” accessed July
23, 2020, https://onlinedegrees.bradley.edu/blog/a-career-in-counseling-a-closer-look-at-
areas-of-specialization/

Careersinpsychology.org, “Explore Counseling Career Information and Find the Right Path for You.”
accessed July 23, 2020, https://careersinpsychology.org/starting-a-career-in-counseling/

Republic Act No. 9258: Guidance and Counseling Act of 2004

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