DISCIPLINE OF

COUNSELING
 Counseling is a field of study or a discipline that is
involved in the provision of advice or guidance in decision-
making, in particularly in emotionally significant situations.
Counselors help their clients by counseling them, they help
clients explore and understand their worlds and so discover
better ways of thinking and living.
Characteristics of Counseling
 Counseling is a conversation with someone regarding some
problem.
 Counselor draws out the facts from the pupils through counseling
process.
 Counseling helps the pupil in making selections and following
those selections.
 Counseling is assistance to the persons in their behavior related
problems.
 Characteristics of Counseling
 Counseling involves interactions
 Counseling is a learning oriented process.
 Counseling is a face to face relationship with a person.
 Counseling is democratic.
 Counseling is a professional service.
 Counseling is a problem oriented.
 Counseling is based on the appropriateness of counselors prediction.
Characteristics of Counseling
 Best counseling is in the form of the decision made by the counselee.
 Counseling is possible in humorous and cooperative environment
only.
 Counseling is completely based on self-guidance.
 COUNSELING CORE VALUES
 The potentials of every human being to change and to continue learning.
 Strong relationship as the primary vehicle.
 An emphasis on prevention of mental health problems via education.
 Training new professionals and support for on-going training of staff.
 Respect for the diversity of individuals, their culture, languages, lifestyles,
identities, ideologies, intellectual capacities, personalities and capabilities.
GOALS OF COUNSELING
o Development Goals
o Preventive Goals
o Enhancement Goals
o Remedial Goals
o Exploratory Goals
o Reinforcement Goals
o Cognitive Goals
o Physiological Goals
o Psychological Goals
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF
COUNSELING PROCESS
PRINCIPLES OF ACCEPTANCE
PRINCIPLES OF PERMISSIVENESS
PRINCIPLES OF RESPECT FOR INDIVIDUALS
PRINCIPLES OF THINKING WITH INDIVIDUALS
PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING
PRINCIPLES OF CONSISTENCY WITH IDEAL
DEMOCRACY
TYPES OF COUNSELING
Supportive Counseling
Confrontational Counseling
Educative Counseling
Preventive Counseling
Spiritual Counseling
Depth Counseling
Informal Counseling