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Workplace counseling

HRM-32423
WORKPLACE COUNSELING
Handout 2- Introduction to workplace Counseling (part1)
Dewapriya Deshabandu

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The workplace
The workplace

•Is the physical location where

someone work

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A workplace: A workplace:
• Can be a home office
• Can be a large office building

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A workplace: For industrialized societies:

• Can be a factory

•The workplace is one of

the most important social
spaces other than the
home,

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• The development of new communication

• It constitutes "a central technologies have led to the development of
concept” for several entities: the virtual workplace, (a workplace that is not
located in any one physical space.)
➢The worker and his/her family,
➢The employing organization,
➢The customers of the
organization,
➢The society as a whole".

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The workforce
(labor force)
• It is generally used to
describe those working for a
single company or industry

the labor pool in employment

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• But can also apply to a

• Within a company, its value
geographic region like a can be labeled as its
city, state, or country. "Workforce in Place".

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• The workforce of a country • It may also mean all those

includes both the employed who are available for
and the unemployed. work.

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counseling
What is counseling?
• Counselling is assisting someone
to explore and resolve difficulties.

• Counselling can be defined as a

delicate process that can be used
to reduce stress factors and create
a positive mental attitude with a
healthy mental state in the client.

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What is counseling?
• Counseling takes place when a counselor sees a
client in a private and confidential setting to
explore a …….

difficulty the client distress they may

is having, be experiencing or

perhaps their loss of a sense of

dissatisfaction with direction and
life, or purpose .

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• …. as the (3) relationship develops, so too does

❖ (4) trust between the counselor and client,

(1) Acceptance and (2)
respect for the client are
essentials form a ❖ (5)enabling the client to look at many aspects of
I. his life,
counselor and …. II. his relationships and
III.himself which he may not has considered or been able to face before.

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The counselor may help the client:

• to examine in detail the • to look at the options open to them and help
behavior or situations which are
proving troublesome and to find them to decide the best for them.
an area where it would be
possible to initiate some change
as a start.

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What counseling is not?

• Counseling is not about giving advice
or directing a client to take a particular
course of action.

• It should not be seen as conditional

(attendance)

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• Should not adversely affect career ➢ Must also be voluntary.

progression or status at work ➢ Counselors do not judge or
exploit their clients in any
way.

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