Lesson 3:

The Professionals and

Practitioners in the
Discipline of Counseling
MS. ERIKA NICOLE A. MALABANAN
DIASS TEACHER
INTENDED LEARNING
OUTCOMES:
1. Describe the roles,
functions and 2. Identify areas of
competencies of specialization where
counselors; counselors work;

3. Discuss career
opportunities of
counselors;

4. Describe the rights,

responsibilities and
accountabilities of
counselors;
5. Explain the
Code of Ethics of
Counselors
 Roles of Guidance
Given thatCounselors
the youth are the future of
every nation, the role of providing
guidance to them at critical moments
of their growth is serious nation-
building undertaking.
 Functions of Guidance
Counselors
The Philippine Republic Act No. 9258 (Sec. 2-3)
defines a guidance counselor as a natural
person who has been professionally registered
and licensed by a legitimate state entity and by
virtue of specializing training to perform the
functions of guidance counseling.
 Functions of 1. Helping a client develop
Guidance Counselors potentials to the fullest;
2. Helping a client plan to utilize his
or her potentials to the fullest;
3. Helping a client plan his or her
future in accordance with his or
her abilities, interests and needs;
4. Sharing and applying knowledge
related to counseling theories,
tools and techniques and;
5. Administering a wide range of
human development services.
 Competencies of
Guidance Counselors
 Guidance counselors have the ability to
administer and maintain career
guidance and counseling programs.

Egan (2002) calls the three-stage

theory of counseling and marks
out three broad competencies for
a counselor that includes:
Three Stage Theory STAGE I: What’s going on? This
involves helping clients to clarify the
key issues calling for change.

STAGE II: What solution makes

sense for me? This involves helping
clients determine outcomes.

STAGE III: What do I have to do to

get what I need or want? This
involves helping clients develop
strategies for accomplishing goals.
 Culley & Bond 2004; Smith 2008 also
use a three-stage model that looks at
this working relationship as having a
beginning, middle and end.

Alistair Ross (2003) provides

a similar model; starting out,
moving on and letting go.
Culley and Bond
2004  They have grouped this foundation skills
around three headings:

1. Attending and Listening –

refer to active listening, which
means listening with purpose
and responding in such way
that clients are aware that they
have both been heard and
understood.
2. Reflective Skills – concerned
with the other person’s frame of
reference. It ‘capture’ what the
client is saying and play it back to
them-but in the counselor’s own
word. “Did you mean to say…?”

3. Probing Skills – these skills

facilitate going deeper, asking
more directed or leading questions
(leading in the sense that they
move the conversation in a
 There are four common skills that
require studying the curriculum of
accumulated scientific knowledge across
disciplines:

1. Communication skills
2. Motivational skills
3. Problem-solving skills
4. Conflict resolution skills
 Areas of
Specialization
Where Counselors
Work
 Peterson and 1. ChildDevelopment
and Counseling
Nesenholz 2. Adolescent
identified 11 major Development and
areas: Counseling
3. Gerontological
Counseling
4. Marital
Relationship
Counseling
5. Health
 Peterson and 6. Career/Lifestyle
Nesenholz 7. College and
identified 11 major University
areas: 8. Drugs
9. Consultation
10. Business and
Industry
11. Phobia
Counseling
 CAREER  Educational and
OPORTUNITIES FOR School
COUNSELORS Counselors
 Vocational or
Career
Counselors
 Marriage and
Family
Counselors
 CAREER  Addictions and
OPORTUNITIES FOR Behavioral
COUNSELORS Counselors
 Mental Health
Counselors
 Rehabilitation
Counselors
 Genetics
Counselors
 Rights,
Responsibilities And
Accountabilities of
Counselors
 Code of Ethics
A code of ethics is a guide of principles designed to
help professionals conduct business honestly and
with integrity. A code of ethics document may
outline the mission and values of the business or
organization, how professionals are supposed to
approach problems, the ethical principles based on
the organization's core values, and the standards to
which the professional is held.
CODE OF ETHICS OF Principle 1: Respect
COUNSELORS for the right and
dignity of the client.
Principle 2:
Competence
Principle 3:
Responsibility
Principle 4: Integrity
Any Questions?
Thank You 

MS. ERIKA NICOLE A. MALABANAN

DIASS TEACHER