DIASS - The Discipline of Counseling - Definitions, Context and Concepts, Gals, Scope, Principles

Disciplines and Ideas in Applied Social Sciences
- The Discipline of Counseling (
Definitions, Context and Concepts, Gals, Scope, Principles)

1. Are professionally trained and certified to perform counseling. Their job is to provide advice or guidance in decision-making in emotionally significant situations by helping clients understand their worlds and discover better ways and well-informed choices in resolving an emotional and interpersonal problems.

2. These clients may be individuals or a group of people in a demoralized, distress, or in a negative state of mind about their situation or context. Face to face Group work Telephone Email Written materials

3. Loss or death Divorce Marriage Parenting Retirement Buncruptcy

4. “the process of guiding a person during a stage of life when reassessments or decisions have to be made about himself or herself and his or her life course” Counseling Face to face Group work Telephone Email Written materials

5. Is a relationship characterized by the application of one or more psychological theories and recognized set of communication skills appropriate to a client’s intimate concerns, problems, and aspirations.

6. A branch of psychology that deals with the design, administration and interpretation of quantitative test for the measurement of psychological variables such as intelligence, aptitude, interests and personality traits. The underlying assumption is that the variable being measured is a fix and unchanging attribute of a person.

7. Context and Basic Concepts of Counseling

8. Peer Context Friends’ attitudes, norms, and behaviors have a strong influence on adolescents’ Problems are often introduced to the individual by their peers. Family can have much influence over their adolescent children Critical family issues involve family roles, both positively and negatively. In most cases, the impact of parent influence help the negative influence that peers have on adolescents’ issue. peers

9. Culture as context Provides meaning and coherence of life to any orderly life such as community and organization. A major context in counseling Culture is the source of norm s, values symbols and language (normal functioning of an individual) Degrees of openness to share personal concerns, self-revealing, making choices and personal determination for independence. culture

10. Neighborhood as context The behavioral problems in in this particular neighborhood require that families work against crime and social isolation that may impact them. Can introduce additional strengths or challenges to parenting and resources that should be considered when working with families. Community networks of parents, teachers, parents, grand parents and civic leaders promotes a sense of collaboration in raising the children of the community. neighborhood

11. Counseling as Context There is a deliberate specific focus, a set of procedures, rules, expectations, experiences, and a way of monitoring progress and determining results in any therapeutic approach (Corey 1991) counseling

12. COUNSELING AS CONTEXT Client Factors Counselor Factor Contextual Factors Process Factors

13. Counseling Goals and Scope Principles Core Values

14. Goals and Scope of Counseling

15. Principles of Counseling

16. Advice

17. Reassurance

18. Release of Emotional Tenssion

19. Clarified Thinking

20. Reorientation

21. Listening Skills

22. Respect

23. Empathy

24. Clarification, confrontation and interpretation

25. Transference and Countertransference

26. Core Values of Counseling