The Discipline of Counseling 2.

Respectful: I am consistently respectful of your human

-Definitions
-Goals
-Scope
-Core values
COUNSELING DEFINITION
– derived from the word “cons ilium” meaning to give and
advice. - creating a wholesome relationship between the
counselor and counselee; a collaborative process wherein the
counselor takes a passive position of listening, as the
counselee is encouraged to articulate himself until he clarifies
his thinking to consider various steps in solving his own
problem.
COUNSELING: GOAL
1. Provides a change in attitude or behavior in a person.
2. Helps in preventing the development of a problem into a
more complicated one.
3. Encourages expression, release of emotion while there is a
provision of support in times of problem in order to stimulate
growth of ideas from the client.
4. Helps the counselee/client to feel relieve and his
emotional burden lightened as he clarifies his thoughts.
5. Helps the client/counselee to come up with a solution to
his pressing problem.
rights, dignity and accepting of the diversity of your culture
and life experiences without prejudice
3. Responsive: I work with you holistically and uphold your
autonomy to be self directing inside and outside of the
therapy room.
4. Fairness: treat the client fairly with the utmost integrity for
the therapeutic relationship, personal safety, and access to
the services offered
5. Confidential: professionally manage and respect the right
to privacy and confidentiality and consider client’s own
autonomy and legal frameworks for managing disclosure.
6. Commitment: committed to partaking in activities for own
continuous professional and personal development,
developing good practice and moral qualities as a therapeutic
practitioner including, empathy, sincerity, integrity,
resilience, respect, humility, competence, fairness, wisdom
and courage.
7. Maintaining the best interest of the client.

COUNSELING: SCOPE

-Individual Counseling
- Adolescent identity, concerns, teen-parent relationships,
peer relationships
-Anxiety
-Anger management
-Children’s concerns within the family unit, sibling
relationships, school experiences, peer relationships
-Depression
-Family of origin dynamics and issues
-Gender: identity, sexuality, homosexuality

Marital and Pre-marital Counseling

1. Marital and relational dynamics
2. Extended family relationships
3. Fertility issues

Family Counseling
1. Adolescent and child behaviors within family dynamics
2. Adult children
3. Divorce and separation issues and adjustment
4. Family dynamics: estrangement, conflict, communication
5. Family of origin / extended family issues
6. Life stages and transitions
7. Parenting patterns: blended, single, co-parenting families
8. Remarriage relationship counseling

COUNSELING: CORE VALUES

1. Professional-offer a safe, empathic, professional and

ethical service for the alleviation of personal distress and
suffering and promotion of your personal growth and well-
being.