Professionals and Practitioners in

Counselling
1. Roles, functions, and competencies
of counselors.
At the end of the lesson, the learners are expected to…
 1. recognize the roles and functions of counselors.
2. recite the roles and functions of counselors.
3. appreciate the unique roles and functions of counselors by answering the WH questions and using the
graphic organizer
 ROLES/FUNCTIONS DESCRIPTION

INDIVIDUAL • IDENTIFY THE CHARACTERISTICS AND

ASSESSMENT POTENTIAL OF EVERY CLIENT
• PROMOTE THE CLIENT’S SELF-UNDERSTANDING
AND ASSISSTING COUNSELORS TO
UNDERSTAND THE CLIENT BETTER

INDIVIDUAL • A CLIENT –CENTERED PROCESS THAT DEMAND

COUNSELING CONFIDENTIALITY
• RELATIONSHIP IS ESTABLISHED BET.
COUNSELOR AND CLIENT
GROUP COUNSELING • PROVIDING ORGANIZED AND PLANNED
AND GUIDANCE ASSISSTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS FOR A ARRAY
NEDS
• COUNSELOR-PROVIDES ASSISSATNCE THRU
GROUP COUNSELING AND GROUP GUIDANCE
CAREER ASSISTANCE • COUNSELORS-CALLED TO PROVIDE CAREER
PLANNING ON EDUCATIONAL PLACEMENTS IN
COURSE AND PROGRAMS
 ROLES/FUNCTIONS DESCRIPTION

PLACEMENT AND • SCHOOL COUNSELING-EMPHASIS ON

FOLLO-UP EDUCATIONAL PLACEMENTS IN COURSE AND
PROGRAMS

REFERRAL • HELPING CLIENTS FINDS NEEDED EXPERT

ASSISSTANCE THAT THE REFERRING
COUNSELOR CANNOT PROVIDE
CONSULTATION • HELPING A CLIENT THRU A THIRD PARTY OR
GELPING SYSTEM IMPROVE ITS SERVICES TO
ITS CLIENTELE
RESEARCH • ADVANCE THE PROFESSION OF COUNSELING
• PROVIDE EMPIRICALLY BASED DATA RELEVANT
TO THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF IMPLEMENTING
EFFECTIVE COUNSELING
EVALUATION AND • ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
ACCOUNTABILITY COUNSELOR’S ACTIVITIES

PREVENTION • INCLUDES PROMOTION OF MENTAL HEAKTH

THRU PRIMARY PREVENTION USING A SOCIO-
PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
 COMPETENCY DESCRIPTION

INTERPERSONAL • ABILITY TO LISTEN, COMMUNICATE,

SKILLS EMPTHATIZE, BE PRESENT, AWARE OF
NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION, SENSITIVE TO
VOICE QUALITY, RESPONSIVE TO EXPRESSIONS
OF EMOTION, TURN TAKING, STRUCTURE OF
TIME AND USE OF LANGUAGE

PERSONAL BELIEFS • CAPACITY TO ACCEPT OTHERS, BELIEF IN

AND ATTITUDES POTENTIAL FOR CHANGE, AWARENESS OF
ETHICAL AND MORAL CHOICES AND SENSITIVE
TO VALUES HELD BY CLIENT AND SELF

CONCEPTUAL ABILITY • ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND ASSESS THE

CLIENT’S PROBLEMS TO ANTICIPATE FUTURE
PROBLEMS , TO MAKE SENSE OF IMMEDIATE
PROCESS IN TERMS OF WIDER CONCEPTUAL
SCHEME, TO REMEMBER INFORMATION ABOUT
THE CLIENT
 COMPETENCIES DESCRIPTION

PERSONAL • COUNSELORS- HAVE NO IRRATIONAL BELIEFS

SOUNDNESS THAT ARE DESTRUCTIVE TO COUNSELING
RELATIONSHIPS, SELF-CONFIDENCE, CAPACITY
TO TOLERATE STRONG OR UNCOMFORTABLE
FEELINGS IN RELATIONN TO CLLIENTS, SECURE
PERSONAL BOUNDARIES, ABILITY TO BE CLIENT,
MUST CARRY NO SOCIAL PREJUDICE,
ETHNOCENTRISM AND AUTHORITARIANISM
MASTERY OF • COUNSELORS- HAVE A KNOWLEDGE OF WHEN
TECHNIQUES AND HOW TO CARRY OUT SPECIFIC
INTERVENTIOS, ABILITY TO ASSESS
EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERVENTIOS,
UNDERSTANDING OF RATIONALE BEHIND
TECHNIQUES, POSSESSION OF SUFFICIENTLY
WIDE REPORTOIRE OF INTERVENTIONS
ABILITY TO • AWARENESS OF FAMILY AND WORK
UNDERSTAND AND RELATIONSHIPS OF THE CLIENT; THE IMPACT OF
WORK WITHIN SOCIAL AGENCY ON THE CLIENTS; THE CAPACITY TO
SYSTEMS USE SUPPORT NETWORKS AND SUPERVISION;
SENSITIVITY TO CLIENT FROM A DIFFERENT
GENDER, ETHNICITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR
 COMPETENCIES DESCRIPTION

OPENNESS TO • COUNSELORS-HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BE

LEARNING AND INJURY CURIOUS ABOUT CLIENT’S BACKGROUNDS AND
PROBLEMS; BEING OPEN TO KNEW
KNKOWLEDGE
COMPETENCY
2. A counselor has a
knowledge of when and
how to carry out specific
interventions.
COMPETENCY
3. Promotes the
client’s self
understanding.
ROLE/FUNCTION
4. Helping clients find
needed expert
assisstance that the
referring counselor
cannot provide.
ROLE/FUNCTION
5. A process of helping
a client through a third
party.
ROLE/FUNCTION
6. Counselors must have
the capacity to be curious
about client’s
backgrounds and
problems
COMPETENCY
7. Counselors provides
career planning and
adjustment assistance to
clients
8. Counselors must have
the capacity to tolerate
strong or uncomfortable
feelings in relation to
clients.
ROLE/FUNCTION
COMPETENCY
9. The Counselor’s
awareness of ethical and
moral choices and
sensitive to values held by
client and self.
COMPETENCY
10. It is a client-
centered process
that demand
confidentiality.
Professionals and Practitioners in
Counselling
2. Areas of specialization where
counselors work.
At the end of the lesson, the learners are expected to…
1.identify the specific work areas where counselors work.
2.show the work settings of counselors.
3.explore the importance of the different settings where counselors work.
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION OF
COUNSELORS
1. CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND COUNSELING

⮚ Includes parent education, pre-school counseling, early

childhood education, elementary school counseling, child
counseling in mental health agencies, counseling with
battered and abused children and families.
2.ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT AND COUNSELING

⮚ Covers middle and high school counseling, psychological

education, career development spcecialist,adoslescent
counseling in mental health agencies, youth work in
residential facility and youth probation officer
3. GERONTOLOGY

⮚ Counseling of older citizens. It includes pre-retirement

counseling, community center counseling, nursing home
counseling and hospice work.
4. MARITAL RELATIONSHIP COUNSELING

⮚ Includes pre-marital counseling, marriage counseling, family

counseling, sex education, sexual dysfunction counseling
and annulment/legal separation mediation.
5. HEALTH

⮚ Includes nutrition counseling,exercise and health education,

nurse-counselor rehabilitation counseling, stress
management counseling,hollistic heath counseling, anorexia
or bulimia counseling and genetic counseling
6. CAREER/LIFESTYLE

Includes guidance on choices and decision- making pertaining

to career or lifestyle, guidance on career development and
provision of educational and occupational information to
clients.
7. COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY

⮚ Includes college student counseling,student activities,

student personnel work, residential hall or dormitory
counselor and counselor educator.
8. DRUGS
⮚ Includes college student counseling, student activities,
student personnel work, residential hall or dormitory
counselor and counselor educator.
9. CONSULTATION

⮚ Covers agency and corporate consulting, organizational

development director, industrial psychology specialist, and
training manager.
10. BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

⮚ Includes training and development personnel, quality and

worklife and quality circles manager, employee assistance
program manager, employee career development officer
and equal opportunity specialist.
11. OTHER SPECIALTIES

⮚ It may include phobia counseling, agoraphobia, self-

management, intrapersonal management, interpersonal
relationships management, and grief counseling.
Professionals and Practitioners in
Counselling
3. Career opportunities of
counselors.
At the end of the lesson, the learners are expected to…
1.identify the career opportunities for counselors.
2.describe the work-related opportunities available for counselors under different settings.
3.Value the importance on the different career opportunities intended for counselors
 Career opportunities for
counselors cover corporate
environment in human resources
departments, school students
services departments, academe
etc. They can work as individual
professionals or as members of a
team.
Army Mental Health Counselor
Members of the armed forces, like the
Army, often have difficult times - to say the
least - when it comes to staying mentally
and emotionally stable. These brave men
and women go through grueling training,
and are separated from their families when
they’re shipped overseas to live in an
unfamiliar world amidst.
Career Counselor
Career counselors help prepare their clients
for the start, change, or advancement of their
career. They provide consulting, coaching, and
counseling so that clients can explore their
interests and options more in-depth. The
counselors take things like personality,
aptitude, interests, personality, and behavior
into consideration as they help guide clients
towards careers that will make them happy.
 Child abuse counselors have the demanding and
rewarding job of helping victims of serious child abuse
try to rebuild their psyche, trust, and happiness. They
use their training to identify, analyze, and treat specific
symptoms of child abuse and they provide crucial
therapy to help the child overcome their awful ordeal.
Some of that therapy can involve playing, or
encouraging children to speak their minds, or even
working with the family to ensure the child is provided
a safe and comfortable environment to continue their
development.
 Child counselors are specifically trained to provide
outpatient counseling treatment services for children,
adolescents, and their families. They perform
assessments for specific issues such as ADHD and
autism and they also offer counseling services for
children with behavioral, social, or emotional issues.
They use their training to help families identify and
treat issues in children such as weight disorders, anger
problems, or social anxiety disorders.
 Community Mental Health Counselors are mental
health professionals who provide therapy, consulting,
and coaching to people who are having issues in a
community setting. These counselors are well-versed in
the makeup of their community and they try to help
clients understand their relationship to that community
and help identify and treat issues and problems that
arise out of the community setting. They are often
charged with helping people adjust to and understand
their community better as to minimize issues and
promote mental health for everyone.
 Conflict resolution is the art and science of resolving
disputes in healthy and mutually agreed-upon ways. When
handled correctly, conflict can actually be a good thing that leads
to teamwork and better communication. When handled
incorrectly, it can permanently damage relationships, slow
progress and create even larger issues. A conflict resolution
mediator is essential in a variety of professional fields and can
often same companies or people time and money that would
have been otherwise wasted.
 Depression counselors are specifically trained to deal with
the mental, emotional, and physical issues that can arise out of
depression. Depression counselors don’t just prescribe
medication, they try to drill down to the root cause of the
depression and help clients identify steps they can take to
overcome the depression. Helping clients understand why they
are depressed and helping them through the steps to recovery
can have a profound impact on the quality of life for the clients.
 Domestic violence is one of the more prevalent issues that
take place in the home setting and domestic violence counselors
are the ones who help victims of domestic abuse deal with and
overcome their traumatic experiences. Their training helps them
identify certain adverse effects of domestic violence and they
can then help the patient slowly work to treat and combat those
effects. They provide an important therapy for clients in need of
understanding of their trauma and someone to listen to their
issues.
 Geriatric counselors provide treatment, analysis, and
counseling services to seniors and their families. The counselors
are considered experts and have specialized training and
knowledge of common mental health issues that are known to
affect seniors in particular. They can assess, identify and treat
problems so that seniors can understand the issues they face
and work to overcome them and live comfortably. These services
are usually provided to seniors who live in long-term care and
residential facilities, and help these seniors live a fulfilling and
comfortable life.
 Grief counselors are usually licensed therapists who help
people cope with the grief and sense of loss that usually follows
the death of a loved one, a particularly emotional divorce, or
another tragic life experience. Coping can happen in a number of
different ways and grief counselors are adept at identifying what
method of counseling or treatment works with each individual.
They try to help clients not only deal with that grief, but also
help those clients deal with the grief while they continue to be
productive members of society.
 Despite many people looking forward to "happily ever after",
this doesn't always happen. Many relationships and families
aren't perfect, by any stretch of the imagination, and some have
so many problems that they seem irreparable. However, contrary
to what some may believe, happy marriages and peaceful
families are possible.
 Life is full of frustration and difficult times. Most adults will
usually have to deal with such things as balancing family and
career life, and paying bills that they can’t afford. These stressful
times can be very hard to get through and extremely
overwhelming for some.
 What Is Multi-Cultural Counseling? It’s no secret that the
population in this country continues to rise. This increase can be
attributed not only to longer lifespans and births, but also to an
increasing amount of immigrants to this country. America has
one of the most culturally diverse populations in the world,
 Pastoral counselors are psychologically trained ministers of
faith who are responsible for tending to the physical and
emotional needs of their followers or congregations. They work
within the religious community and are a result of the belief that
therapy can be combined with faith and science. They can help
followers with a wide range of afflictions including family issues,
depression, abuse and substance issues.
 Rehabilitation counselors are responsible for treating
patients with physical, mental, or emotional issues so that they
can live as independently as possible. Trained at the graduate
level, rehabilitation counselors deal with psychological and
physical issues that affect patients including post-traumatic
stress disorders and severe brain injuries. They combine the
knowledge to help patients understand and overcome their
disability.
 School counselors are responsible for all aspects of their
students’ educational life from academic achievement to social
adjustment to even career selection and development. They
work within the school infrastructure to support and foster
academic success as well as personal and social development.
They help ensure their students remain well-adjusted and
prepared for whatever lies ahead.
 Spiritual counselors deal with patients who have suffered
spiritual trauma or dissatisfaction and they help these patients
get in touch with their spirituality, understand what is afflicting
them, and overcome or deal with that issue. These counselors
combine their spiritual or religious knowledge with an in-depth
understanding of the psychology behind the issues so that their
patients can live happy and fulfilling lives.
 Substance abuse is an unfortunate issue for thousands of
people across the country and substance abuse counselors are
ones trained to help people understand the motivations behind
their substance abuse issue, and then help people overcome and
defeat those issues. They have psychological and physiological
training that helps them understand emotional and mental
issues of substance abuse as well as the physical ones.
 Suicide Intervention counselors have some of the most
stressful and rewarding jobs as they are specifically training in
the psychology behind suicidal feelings and depression and their
job is to help patients with suicidal thoughts think more
positively and continue to live a fulfilling and rewarding life.
These counselors are trained to identify motivations behind
suicidal thoughts and help the patients deal with those
motivations so they can gain more self-confidence and self-
worth.
 Transformational counselors offer an
alternative form of mental and physical
healing that focuses on self-improvement,
spiritual healing, and deeper life
satisfaction. The counselors combine
traditional psychological knowledge with
alternative methods for inner-healing to
help patients find a greater sense of
purpose, excitement, joy, and self-
satisfaction.
 With more than five million veterans in the country, veterans’
counselors have their hands full assisting the nation’s heroes
with a myriad of physical, emotional, mental, or social problems
that can arise in people who have experienced combat.
Veterans’ counselors help their patients identify the root of their
issues and then help them adjust to a more traditional life by
helping them treat and cope with the issues.
Professionals and Practitioners in
Counselling
4. Rights, responsibilities, accountabilities, and
code of ethics.
5. Ethical and un ethical behaviours among
counselors.
At the end of the lesson, the learners are expected to…
1.identify the rights, responsibilities, and accountabilities of
counselors.
2.distinguish between ethical
and unethical behavior
of counselors.
3.value the rights, responsibilities,
and accountabilities
of counselors.
As a Counsellor, your daily
responsibilities may include:
• Meeting with clients to discuss
their emotional, mental or
lifestyle issues.
• Acting as a facilitator of
group counselling sessions
or a mediator in a conflict
resolution setting.
• Discussing your clients’
desired goals and outcomes.
• Providing relevant
information or resources
specific to the client’s needs.
• Assisting clients to set
goals and adopt strategies to
address their issues.
• Referring clients to other
healthcare professionals
where appropriate.
• Liaising with healthcare
professionals as part of a
health management team.
Thank you!!! ☺