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The webinar “Crash Course Guidance and Counseling (PGCA Webinar Series)”, presented by
Sir Francis Ray Subong. He then discussed and clarifies about guidance and counseling. Whereas,
he tackled the following below:
The vision, mission and brief history of Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association,
Inc. (PGCA):
International recognition and partnerships of Guidance and Counseling
The board of directors of Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association, Inc. (PGCA)
Evolution of guidance and counseling
Highlights of guidance and counseling in the us
History of counseling in the Philippines
Milestones’ of guidance and counseling in the Philippines
Organizations for helping individual in terms of mental health, career growth …
Comparative table of counseling practice
Definition of guidance and counseling (structure, functions, scope)
Definition of guidance counselor and its qualification as professional
Requirement of becoming license guidance counselor: examination required, qualification
for examination and scope of examination and its weight per subject.
Definition of career guidance program, mental health program and career guidance
advocacy program-
Different guidance services and its significance to the guidance program
The differences between advice, guidance and counseling
Laws affecting the practice of guidance and counseling
Description and difference between the roles of registered guidance counselor and non-
registered guidance counselor.
Issues concerning guidance and counseling (misconception, compensation, budget, and
duties…)
Some ethical considerations prior to confidentiality of the client’s profile
The guidance counselor’s career development path in the Philippine basic education system
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According to the presentation of Sir Subong, he mentioned that:
o Guidance and Counselling often viewed as a form of punishment.
o Old guidance counselor referred as terror, some are referred as sweet, not strict.
o Meanwhile, Guidance and Counseling as quoted by former Secretary of Education
Alejandro Roces before the Superintendents Convention in Baguio City, that “Every
citizen should find his suitable and rightful place in the socio-economic order and
contribute every ounce of his energy and talent to the development and progress of the
country. This can be made possible only through teachers, especially guidance
counselor, hence the need of a mores coordinated functional guidance program.”
o In Magna Carta, teachers were guidance counselor.
o Guidance and Counseling and Psychology are interrelated;
o Only Counselor and psychologist are allowed to do counseling;
o The difference of psychologist to a guidance counselor they can diagnosed from DSM-
5, example-client has general anxiety disorder.
o Guidance counselors guides on career of individual (tertiary level).
o Guidance advocates referred to non-registered counselors. Their programs are called
Guidance Advocacy Programs; where it has limitations towards conducting of
different tests.
Essentially, guidance and counseling as per discussed by Sir Subong, greatly contributes to my
understanding and knowledge. On how to specifically it processes and functions, as well its
limitation. Having those information, clarifies some issues, misconception and gave awareness
concerning roles/relationship of both counselor and counselee.
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To put it simple of the key learnings I have gained/gathered with regard to Guidance and
Counseling, I have created a diagram/infographics/mind map below:
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Below are the detailed information as per discussed by Sir Subong:
ABSTRACT
PGCA Webinar Series: Crash Course Guidance and Counseling, 16 June 2020, by Francis Ray
Subong, MEd, RGC, PGCA PRO. ABSTRACT Counseling in the Philippines has evolved to
address the substantial influence of social illnesses such as poverty, increased population,
unfulfilled basic needs (food, shelter, and safety), insufficient health care, mental health concerns
due to socioeconomic deprivation, a high crime rate and low levels of safety, increased
unemployment and underemployment, illiteracy, graft, corruption and bribery, unreliable social
structures, and intense social injustice. (Dy-Liacco, Piedmont, Murray-Swank, Rodgerson, &
Sherman, 2009). Prior to 2004, mental health workers did not need a license to practice nor was
there a regulatory board to ensure adequate training and ethical practice (Tuason, et.al, 2012).
Years after 2004, the practice of Guidance and Counseling is still unpopular and misunderstood.
It is important to advocate and educate the general public and other stakeholders on the importance
of this practice and profession.
Overview of the Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association (PGCA) Webinar Series: Crash
Course Guidance and Counseling)
Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association (PGCA) FREE Webinar Series is a commitment
for all the Guidance Counselors and other helping professionals to promote Mental Health and
Social responsibility.
The Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association (PGCA) is the Integrated Accredited
Professional Organization (IAPO) of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) for
Guidance and Counseling, as well as PRC-accredited Continuing Professional Education (CPE)
provider. The Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association, Inc. (PGCA), formerly known as
the Philippine Guidance and Personnel Association, Inc., is a non-stock, non-profit organization
duly incorporated and registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1969, with
amendments to its name and other items in its Articles of Incorporation approved by the SEC in
1998.
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The Vision, Mission and Brief History of Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association,
Inc. (PGCA)
VISION
The premier Philippine professional organization of counselors with international recognition.
MISSION
We commit to be in the forefront in the development of counselors who are professional, goal-
driven, committed advocates responsive to the needs of their clientele in the promotion of their
well-being to make them proactive contributors in the pursuit of a just and humane society.
BRIEF HISTORY
Sometime in 1964 Fr. Jaime Bulatao, S.J. and Fr. Antonio Ledesma, S.J., both of Ateneo, broached
the idea of a professional organization of guidance workers to Dr. Esperanza R. Limcaco of U.P.
A number of professionals gathered in response to their call, mostly guidance counselors,
counselor educators, and guidance supervisors.
INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AND PARTNERSHIPS
In April 1981, the PGCA became a member of the Western Region of the American Counseling
Association (ACA) - the only counseling organization in Asia that is given the privilege by the
USA national counseling association.
In 2018, the PGCA further forged partnerships with the Australian Counseling Association (ACA)
and with the Association of Psychotherapists and Counsellors Singapore (APACS).
The Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association, Inc. (PGCA), activities are:
Annual Convention (according to Sir Francis Ray Subong, MEd, RGC, PGCA PRO,
Annual Convention usually happens in May, however, due to pandemic it has to be
cancelled and as well the Midyear Convention).
Midyear Convention (according to Sir Francis Ray Subong, MEd, RGC, PGCA PRO,
happens in month of October).
Continuing Professional Education Programs/Courses
Research and Publication (publishing research journals)
Social responsibility (free webinars)
Partnerships (frontline workers, clientele…)
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The BOARD OF DIRECTORS of Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association, Inc.
(PGCA):
ADELAIDA C. GINES FRANCIS RAY D. SUBONG
President P.R.O
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has even had a significant impact on counseling because Filipino counselors and
psychologists often trained there.
From the 1970’s to the 1990’s, the movement in counseling was primarily indigenization
(e.g, Bulatao, 1992; Enriquez, 1977) of assessments, constructs, and theories, focusing on
the differences between the counseling models learned in the United States within context
of Philippine culture and the realities of its social issues.
The most significant development in the Philippines counseling is that the Guidance and
Counseling Act of 2004(Republic ActNo.9258).
The Act was intended to professionalize the practice of guidance and counseling and to
create the Professional Regulatory Board of Guidance and Counseling, which is under the
administrative control and supervision of the Professional Regulatory Commission.
Prior to 2004, mental health workers did not need a license to practice, nor was there a
regulatory board to ensure adequate training and ethical practice.
Guidance counselors pioneered regulation for counseling, and psychologists are following
suit through the Philippines Psychology Act of 2009 (Republic Act No. 10029), which will
regulate psychology and create a professional regulatory board for licensing psychologist
(Kabiling, 2010).
Milestones’ of Guidance and Counseling in the Philippines
1. Counseling as conceived in the United States began in the Philippines during
American occupation in 1913-1934.
2. Colleges in Manila providing guidance services geared toward identifying
professions and opportunities for employment;
o the establishment of the first psychological clinic at the University of the
Philippines.
3. The growth of Guidance and Counseling was hampered by the World War II.
4. In 1940’s to 1960’s:
o Counselor training
o Birth of professionals
5. Prior to 2004, counselors and other mental health workers did not need a license to
practice, nor was there a regulatory board to ensure adequate training.
6. Enactment of RA 9258, Guidance and Counseling Act of 2004.
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Guidance Program
It is a system of services designed to improve the adjustment of each and every person for
whom it is organized.
o Career Guidance Program- It is a system of services designed to help an individual come
up with a career plan to meet his/her life goals and to implement the plan.
A system of activities designed to guide the secondary level learners in choosing
the career tracks they intend to pursue and may be implemented by non- RGCs
pursuant to RA 10533 and with respect to RA 9258
o Mental Health Program- It is a system of services designed to maintain the state of well-
being of an individual in order that he/she may realize his/her own abilities and potentials,
copes adequately with the normal stresses of life, displays resilience in the face of extreme
life events, works productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a positive contribution
to the community.
o Career Guidance Advocacy Program- It is a system of activities designed to guide the
secondary level learners to guide in choosing the career tracks they intend to pursue and
may be implemented by non-RGCs pursuant to RA 10533 and with respect to RA 9258.
Guidance Services
o Counseling Services- is a dynamic personal interaction between the counselor and
counselee/s,
Where the counselor employs methods, approaches or techniques
To enhance the counselee’s intrapersonal and interpersonal development and
competencies.
Counseling may be individualized or group
Counseling Services is the heart of Guidance Program
“Counseling” is considered synonymous to and interchangeable with guidance and
counseling. (Rule3, IRR RA 9258)
“The practice of Guidance and Counseling depends on gaining and honoring the
trust of clients.” (Rule 9, Code of Manual of Technical Standards for Registered
and Licensed Guidance Counselors.)
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Keeping trust requires an attentiveness to the quality of listening and respect offered
to clients, culturally appropriate ways of communicating that are courteous and
clear, maintaining respect for privacy and dignity, and careful attention to client’s
consents and confidentiality. (Rule 9, Code of Manual of Technical Standards for
Registered and Licensed Guidance Counselors.)
Counseling Process (Cormier and Hackery, 1993)
1. Relationship Building
2. Assessment (and Diagnosis)
3. Formulation of Counseling Goals
4. Intervention and Problem-Solving
5. Termination and Follow-up
6. Research and Evaluation
Psychological First Aid (PFA)
Core Action Principles: Look, Listen and Link(REFER)
Counseling
Uses techniques in counseling (e.g Cognitive Behavior Therapy(CBT),
Solution-Focused, Reality Therapy, etc)
o Psychological Testing
It is the administration and interpretation standardized tests in order to better
understand the counselee/client and their behavior.
It identifies not just weaknesses of a person, but also their strengths and measures
an individual’s performance at a specific time.
The test includes the following types:
Personality,
Career,
Interest,
Mental ability,
Aptitude,
Achievement,
Learning and study orientation
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o Career Guidance
It is a process of helping an individual come up with personal career plan by
collecting, collating and evaluating various information about the self and the world
of work to help the client meet his/her life goals and take the necessary steps to
implement the plan.” (Villar, 2009)
o Research
Unearth the needs of the institutional community;
Establish the need for improvement;
Validate new strategies, techniques and interventions; and
Discover different alternatives for attaining goals.
o Placement
The service facilitates:
The clientele’s movement to the appropriate educational or
occupational level or program;
Entry into the appropriate co-curricular and extra-curricular activities;
Pursuit of further education or other employment upon leaving the
institution.
It is similar to career guidance however it is mostly appropriate for tertiary level.
o Referral
It is a service for the provision of tapping of agencies, organizations, or individuals
that maybe better assistance in the counselee’s resolution of problems and
attainment of goal. Example if the counselees/clients are abused we refer to
professionals which are more capable of helping them.
o Individual Inventory
It is the collection of extensive information about the individual for proper
understanding, decision-making and placement. Example portfolio of students/ data
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are gathered and stored confidentially in accordance to the law which is data
privacy.
o Information Service
It provides the comprehensive and systematic collection and dissemination of
information outside the individual through various methods of programs to assist
students in their personal, educational and occupational planning.
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Advising,
Coordinating and making referrals, and may include, but not limited to,
career talks, career and job fairs, parents’ orientations, and seminar-
workshops on career decision-making.
o Section 19.
Career advocacy may be conducted by career advocates and peer facilitators.
Career advocates refer to career and employment guidance counselors who are not
registered and licensed guidance counselors.
It includes homeroom advisers and teachers of all learning areas who
will implement career advocacy activities.
Peer facilitators are secondary-level students trained to assist career advocates in
implementing career advocacy activities.
o Section 20. Role of the DepEd.
The DepEd shall:
a) Integrated career concepts in the curriculum and undertake teaching relevant learning
areas;
b) Conduct career assessments;
c) Conduct regular advocacy activities;
Sec27, RA 9258 (Guidance and Counseling Act of 2004)
o Prohibition Against practice of Guidance and Counseling.
No person shall:
a) Engage in the practice of guidance and counseling without a valid Certificate of
registration and the valid Professional Identification Card or a special permit;
b) Make representations to the public or third person as licensed Guidance Counselor
during the time that the licensed has been revoked or suspended, and,
c) Allow anybody to use his/her license as guidance counselor to enable such unqualified
individual to engage in the practice of guidance and counseling.
o Any unethical practice of guidance and counseling as may defined in a Code of Ethics and
Code of Technical Standards, is prohibited.
RA 11036, (Mental Health Act of 2018)
o Mental health refers to a state of well-being in which the individual:
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Prelude
A philosopher once said:
“Ang trabaho ng RGC ay kaya din naming gawin ng isang non-RGC.”
According to 1997 DES-DBM Organization and Staffing Standards, DepEd Order No.77
s.2010, DepEd Order No19 s.2016, “One (1) Guidance Counselor to every five hundred
(500) learners in the secondary schools.”
According to DepEd Educational Facilities Manual
Guidance and counseling services … administrative function that cannot be dispensed
with
A guidance room shall be set aside located, if possible, adjacent to the administrative
area.
It shall include separate enclosed spaces for conducting individual counseling, testing,
storage of school children’s records, etc.
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