INDIVIDUAL

COUNSELING &
GROUP PROCESS
Counseling in Education
Lesson 4
WHO NEEDS COUNSELING?
COUNSELING SERVICES
 As discussed before, counseling services can be divided into two:

Individual

Counseling

Group
WHAT IS COUNSELING?
Self understanding

Improved decision-
making
Counseling
Trained counselor Person/client
process
Behavior change

Developmental
growth
COUNSELING GOALS
 Facilitate changes in one’s behavior.
 Improve social and personal relationship.
 Increase social effectiveness and one’s ability to cope.
 Learn decision-making process.
 Enhance human potential and enrich self-development.
FOR SCHOOL… WHO ARE THE
TARGET GROUP?
Students

Counseling in
Parents
School

Teachers
FOR INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING, HOW WOULD THEY RENDER THE SERVICES?

Voluntary Involuntary

Register

Counseling

No
Continue?

Yes

Session

Termination
 THE HELPING PROCESS
Stage 3:
Stage 1: Stage 2:
The Way Forward
Current Picture Preferred Picture
How do I get what I need or
What’s going on? What do I need or want?
want?

What solutions What action

make sense for plan makes
What are my problems and
me? sense for me?
unused opportunities?

How do I make it all happen?

HOW COUNSELORS
ENCOURAGE THEIR CLIENT
TO TALK?
 Attending skills.
(a) Attending behavior;
(b) Closed and Open-ended questions;
(c) Paraphrase;
(d) Summary;
(e) Reflection.
SOMETHING THAT
COUNSELOR SHOULD AVOID!
GROUP COUNSELING
 One of the main principals - the idea that dealing with specific
issues may cause isolation, and a feeling that one is alone in facing
one’s problems.
 Group counseling attempts to counteract this isolation by
assembling people with similar issues to enforce that difficulties are
not singular to one person.
 Knowing other people with similar troubles can be comforting to
each individual.
GROUP PROCEDURES
1. Developing a Rationale for the Group;
2. Deciding on a Theoretical Format;
3. Practical Considerations;
4. Publicizing the Group;
5. Selection of Members.