Roles and

Function of
Counselor
Presentation Prepared by Group 4
Table of Content
01. Introduction
02. Role of a Counselor
03. Function of a Counselor
What is a
Counselor?
are trained and credentialed
professionals who help people
gain personal insights, develop
strategies and come up with
real-life solutions to the
problems and challenges they
face in every area of life
What is a
Counselor?
are trained and credentialed
professionals who help people
gain personal insights, develop
strategies and come up with
real-life solutions to the
problems and challenges they
face in every area of life
What is a Guidance
Counselor?
a professional who works in schools
or other educational institutions,
providing academic, personal, and
career advice to students and help
examine their students' potential
skills to build their self-esteem for
success in their future endeavors.
ROLES OF A
COUNSELOR
1. Mental Health ROLES OF A
COUNSELOR

Counselors
a trained professional with the
necessary expertise to help
individuals and families deal with
difficult emotions, mental health
disorders, and trauma.
provide therapy and coaching to
help patients manage their stress,
redirect disturbing emotions, and set
goals for themselve
2. Marriage and ROLES OF A
COUNSELOR

Family Counselors
work with all different types of
married couples and families in an
attempt to repair volatile
relationships between involved
parties
most common problems in many
households, for example, often stem
from inefficient communication or
even a complete lack of
communication
3. School ROLES OF A
COUNSELOR

Counselors
professional that provides
academic, career, college readiness,
and social-emotional support for all
students
responsible for guiding and
supporting students through
challenging situations like adjusting
to a new school or applying for
college
4. Career ROLES OF A
COUNSELOR

Counselors
helps people choose a career
and achieve their vocational
goals
help individuals set career
objectives, find ways to develop
important skills, and support
others' overall professional and
career development
5. Rehabilitation ROLES OF A
COUNSELOR

Counselors
counselors offer guidance, direction,
and support to individuals with
developmental, emotional, physical,
and mental disabilities to help them
live more independent and fulfilling
lives
may specialize in areas ranging from
employee assistance programming and
job development/placement to mental
health counseling and life care planning
6. Substance ROLES OF A
COUNSELOR

Abuse Counselors
a mental health counselor
specializing in treating patients who
have a chemical dependency on
drugs or alcohol.
may also work closely with the
family of the client as substance
abuse inevitably affects the loved
ones of the chemically dependent
person
7. Community ROLES OF A
COUNSELOR

Counselors
offers mental health services to
the public, and provides therapy
and support for individuals in the
general public
may include one on one and group
sessions to address emotional
stressors and teach coping
mechanisms
8. Trauma ROLES OF A
COUNSELOR

Counselors
provide guidance and support for
patients who undergo trauma
can involve meeting with patients
to evaluate their needs and
discuss their goals, creating
treatment plans for patients and
holding therapy sessions for
patients to work through their
mental health challenges
FUNCTIONS
OF A
COUNSELOR
 INDIVIDUAL seek to identify the
characteristics and potential
ASSESSMENT of every client; for self-
understanding of client's and
assisting counselors to
What are the better understand the client
function of
a counselor? a client-centered
process that demand
confidentiality and is INDIVIDUAL
where relationship
between counselor and
COUNSELLING
client is established
 providing organized and
planned assistance to
GROUP
individuals for an array of COUNSELLING
needs through means of a
group; counselors provide AND
What are the assistance through group
GUIDANCE
function of counselling and group
guidance
a counselor?

CAREER provide career planning

and adjustment
ASSISTANCE assitance to clients
 PLACEMENT the service of school
counselling programs with
AND emphasis on educational
placements in course and
FOLLOW-UP programs
What are the
function of
a counselor? aiding the clients in
finding the expert
assistance they needed
that the current
REFERRAL
counselor cannot
provide
 consultation is a process of
helping a client through thirs
party or helping system CONSULTATION
improve its service to its
clientele
What are the
function of
a counselor? RESEARCH providing empirically
based data relevant to
the ultimate goal of
implement effective
counselling
 evalutaion is assesing
effectivness of a EVALUATION
counselor's activities
while accountbility is the AND
demand to be held ACCOUNTABILITY
What are the accountable for their

function of action

a counselor?
promoting mental
health through primary
PREVENTION prevention using a
social-psychological
perspective
PRESENTATION
BY:
V.P