The Professionals and

Practitioners in the
Disciplines of Counseling
ROLES OF GUIDANCE COUNSELORS
• to assist the person or persons (clients) in
realizing a change in behavior or attitude
• to assist them to seek achievement of
goals
• assist them to find help
• the role of counselors includes the teaching
of social skills, effective communication,
spiritual guidance, decision-making, and
career choices.
• A counselor’s roles may sometimes include aiding
one in coping with a crisis. In some settings,
counseling includes premarital and marital
counseling, grief and loss (divorce, death,
amputation), domestics violence and other types of
abuse, special counseling, situations like terminal
illness (death and dying) as well as counseling or
emotionally and mentally disturbed individuals.
Areas of Specialization
where Counselors Work
Child Development and Counseling
• Child development and counseling as areas of
specialization includes parent education,
preschool counseling, early childhood
education, elementary school counseling, child
counseling in mental health agencies, and
counseling with battered and abused children
and their families.
Adolescent Development and Counseling
Covers middle and high school counseling,
psychological education, career development
specialist, adolescent counseling in mental health
agencies, youth work in a residential facility, and
youth probation officer.
Gerontology
Considered the fastest growing field and
essentially involves counseling of older citizens. It
includes preretirement counseling, community
centers, counseling, nursing home counseling, and
hospice work.
Marital Relationship Counseling
Included premarital counseling, marriage
counseling, family counseling, sex education,
sexual dysfuncti0on counseling, and divorce
mediation.
Health
Offers possibility for nutrition counseling,
exercise and health education, nurse-counselor,
rehabilitation counseling, stress management
counseling, holistic health counseling, anorexia
or bulimia counseling, and genetic counseling.
Career/Lifestyle
• Includes guidance on choices, and decision-making pertaining
to career or lifestyle; guidance on career development;
provision of educational and occupational information to
clients; education on career and lifestyle trends, vocational,
education, occupational, and labor market information; giving
assistance to clients on developing skills necessary to plan,
organize, implement, administer, and evaluate clients own
career development.
College and University
Offer the following opportunities: college
student counseling, student activities,
student personnel work, residential hall or
dormitory and counselor, and counselor
educator.
Drugs
• Options such as substance abuse counseling,
alcohol counseling, drug counseling, stop
smoking program manager, and crisis
intervention counseling.
Consultation
• Covers agency and corporate consulting,
organizational development director, industrial
psychology specialist and training manager.
 Business and Industry
Include training and development personnel,
quality and work-life or quality circles manager,
employee assistance programs manager,
employee career development officer, equal
opportunity specialist.
Other Specialties
• Phobia Counseling
• Agoraphobia
• Self-management
• Intra-personal management
• Interpersonal relationships management
• Grief Counseling
Career Opportunities for
Counselors
 Educational and School Counselor
• They offer personal, educational, social and academic
counseling services. The professionals often work in
elementary school, high school, or university settings to
help students assess their abilities and resolve personal
or social problems, and do in tandem with teachers and
school administrators.
Vocational or career counselors
• These professionals facilitate career decision-making. They
aid individual or groups in determining jobs that are best
suited to their needs, skills, and interests.
• They may also help clients who are already employed to
improve their skills, including how to manage work-related
stress or burnout.
• To provide support to individuals who have lost their jobs.
Marriage and family counselor
• These professionals offer a wide range of services for
couples and families.
• They help couples and families deals with social
issues, emotional problems, and in some cases,
mental health treatment.
• They do conduct counseling sessions with couples or
their entire family unit.
 Addiction and behavioral counselors
• These professionals work with people suffering from
addictions.
• May range from drugs, alcohol, sex, eating disorder, to
gabling.
• They help family members who have been affected by
the addict’s actions to deal well with the situation and as
much as possible survive wounds.
Mental Health Counselors
• Professionals work with people suffering from
mental or psychological distress such as
anxiety, phobias, depression, grief, esteem
issues, trauma, substance abuse, and related
issues.
• They aim to promote mental health.
Rehabilitation Counselors
• These professionals are engaged with
individuals suffering from physical or emotional
disabilities.
• Counselors provide services such as evaluation
of the strengths and limitations of clients.
Genetic Counselors
• Operate in a very specialized context of dealing with
genetic information for individuals and the decisions
that come with it.
• Counseling parents who are concerned with
determining if their potential offspring might be at risk
for being born with an inherited disorder, or individual
adults themselves who may be at risk of developing a
genetic disease.
PERFORMANCE TASK 1.1
• By two, create a 3-5 minutes counseling video.
Following the different functions, roles,
principles, goals and core values of
counseling.
• Upload it in the link provided in the group chat,
until September 10, 2022
/ Saturday 11:59 p.m.