PRINCIPLES COUNSELING of Quarter 1- Week 1- Module 3
INTRODUCTION This module helps you get familiarize and be guided to a deeper understanding on the Principles of counseling
"LEAN ON ME" Bill Withers, 2017
1, Are you familiar with the song? ____Yes ____No 2. Circle the words from the song that you can relate. 3. How does the song reflect the idea and importance of counseling?
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS • What are the Principles of Counseling? • How can these principles be applied in the practice of counseling?
WHAT IS PRINCIPLE?
PRINCIPLE A principle is a proposition or value that is a guide for behavior or evaluation. In law, it is a rule that has to be or usually is to be followed, or can be desirably followed, or is an inevitable consequence of something, such as the laws observed in nature or the way that a system is constructed ( Wikepedia )
PRINCIPLES It serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning. It is morally correct behavior and attitudes. In counseling, its practitioners are guided by the Basic Principles of Counseling that serve as their reference and basis of theor actions, behavior and in decision making.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIORS OF A COUNSELOR?
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF COUNSELING
PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING – The presence of the learning elements in the entire process are accepted and recognized.
PRINCIPLES OF ACCEPTANCE the counselors show positive regards and accepts the client irrespective of who she/he is. The client should be given due regards to his./her rights.
PRINCIPLES OF PERMISSIVENESS developing optimism through professional relationship allows freedom of choice and behavior.
PRINCIPLE OF RESPECT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL This is an attitude, which portrays the belief that every person is a worthy being that is competent to decide what he or she really wants, has the potential for growth, and has the abilities to achieve what he or she really wants from life
PRINCIPLES OF THINGKING WITH THE INDIVIDAL it is the role of councelor to put him/herself in the shoes of the councelee in order to analyze his/herself thoughts
COUNSELORS SHOULD ENTER THE HELPING PROCESS WITH A SINCERE RESPECT FOR THEIR CLIENTS, AN OPEN AND GENUINE ATTITUDE, AND INTENTION OF HELPING THEIR CLIENTS TO EMPOWER THEMSELVES AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN LIVES.
THE PROFESSION OF COUNSELING
- Counseling is handled by professionals - Counseling has made progress toward recognition as a profession at a rate comparable with that of professionalization efforts in other mental health disciplines, such as psychology. THE PROFESSION OF COUNSELING
1. The counselor acknowledge the worthiness of being that is capable of making decisions on her own. 2. In the process of counseling, elements of learning are accepted. 3. Positivism is promoted that allows freedom of choice and behavior. 4. The counselee 8s rights are respected. 5. The counselor practices empathy. IDENTIFY THE PRINCIPLES BEING DESCRIBED.