THEORIES AND PRACTICE

IN GUIDANCE

MELISSA C. TESORERO JINA-LUZ Z. ALFELOR

T-1 Professor
COUNSELING
SERVICES
 COUNSELING ETHICS
 Keep confidential matter to oneself.

Don’t be time conscious .

Don’t influence the counselee to your way of

thinking
Know your limitation.

Avoid physical contact.

Learn not only to be sympathetic but also

emphatic.
 FEATURES OF COUNSELING SERVICES

There must be knowledge/ record of pertinent data about the counselee.

The counselor must be proficient in the use of counseling techniques

There must be sufficient records and they have should be updated.

The counselor must have the ability to organize, relate,
and interpret the data.

The counselor must be observant and cautious in

organizing data in terms of behavior and development.
 THE CLIENTS VARY ACCORDING TO THEIR
NEEDS.
There are maladjustment, slow, learners and
students with problems.

There are those who are frequently absent or

tardy for no apparent and acceptable reasons.
TOOLS/DATA USED TO GATHER INFORMATION
Cumulative records of students

Records of interviews conducted

Case studies

Test results

Anecdotes and other records

 METHODOLOGY/PROCEDURE
Gather all the data and study them carefully

Let the counselee talk, or wait for him to gather

enough strength to open up.

Listen and feel free to clarify certain points on

the matters discussed.
Be objective regarding the question at hand.

Maintain ethical standard.

 COUNSELOR’S ATTITUDE, SKILLS, AND
CHARACTERISTIC
A counselor by the nature of his calling should posses a
respectable character with good profession attitude.

 He must be readily flexible: a peer to the client at one

time and an authority figure the next time. He must be
one who can have the resiliency to adopt to changes.
He must be highly sensitive, honest, and sincere.

He must be accepting. He must regard his client as a

person of dignity.

He must be intellectually competent with a high

perceptive mind and thorough knowledge of human
behavior.
 ASPECT OF COUNSELING
SESSION
Lead the counselee to be open , free to disclose
whatever he wants as he trust his counselor.

Stimulate him to talk.

Listen attentively, ask question for clarity.

Watch carefully for counselee’s gesture and facial expression
which may be his way of sending messages.

Allow silence to come in a while.

Ask questions wisely avoiding the use of questions

answerable by YES or NO.
For further discussion

• What are the features of a counseling service?

• What are the aspect of a counseling session?
THANK
YOU!