Hello!

I am John Paul F.
Azuelo, LPT
Philippine Red Cross Las Pinas Chapter
Welfare Service - Focal Person
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Proffessional and
personal aspects
of counseling
Professional and personal aspects of counseling
> The Counselor as a Therapeutic Counseling
> Personal Therapy for the Counselor
> The Counselor’s Values and the Therapeutic
Process
> Becoming and Effective Multicultural
Process
> Issue Faced by Beginning Therapist

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 1.
The Counselor as a
Therapeutic
Person
Yourself as a
Person
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“When trying to help
a broken a broken
person always
remember that you
will be bhurt by their
shattered pieces and
this is okay”

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 Personal Characteristics of Effective
Counselors
> Effective therapist have an identity.
> Effective therapist respect and appreciate
themselves.
> Effective therapist are open to change.
> Effective therapist make choices that are
life oriented.

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 Personal Characteristics of Effective
Counselors
> Effective therapists are authentic, sincere
and honest.
> Effective therapists have a sense of humor.
> Effective therapists make mistakes and are
willing to admit them.
> Effective therapists generally live in the
present.

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 Personal Characteristics of Effective
Counselors
> Effective therapists appreciate the influence
of culture
> Effective therapists have a sincere interest
in the welfare of the others.
> Effective therapists possess effective
interpersonal skills

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 Personal Characteristics of Effective
Counselors

> Effective therapists become deeply involved

in their work and drive meaning from it.
> Effective therapist are passionate.
> Effective therapists are able to maintain
healthy boundaries.

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As a therapist
we serve as
model for our
clients
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 Personal Therapy for the Councelor
Personal therapy contributes to the therapist
professional work in three ways:
1. Offers a model therapeutic practice in learning what
is helpful or not helpful.
2. Can further enchance interpersonal skills.
3. Can contribute to a therapist ability to deal with to
deal with the ongoing stresses associated with
clinical work.

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 As a counselors we can take our
clients nor further than we have been
willing to go in our own lives. If we
are not committed personally to the
value of examining life, we will not be
able to convince clients of the worth of
personal exploration.
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 The Counselors Values
and Therapeutic
Process
The importance of self – exploration for
councilors carries over the vales and
beliefs they hold.
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 The Counselors Values and Therapeutic
Process

> The Role of Values in Counseling

> The Role of Values in Developing
Therapeutic Goals

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 Becoming an Effective Multicultural
Counselor

> Acquiring Competencies in

Multicultural Counseling
> Incorporating Culture in Counseling
Practice

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Issues
Face by
Begnning
Therapist
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 Issues Face by Begnning
Therapists
> Dealing with our Anxiety
> Being ourselves and Disclosing our
experience
> Avoid perfectionism
> Being honest about our limitations
> Understanding silence

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 Issues Face by Begnning
Therapists
> Dealing with demands from the client
> Dealing with clients who lack
commitment
> Tolerating ambiguity
> Avoiding losing ourselves in our
client
> Developing a sense of humor
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 Issues Face by Begnning
Therapists
> Sharing responsibility with the client
> Declining to give advice
> Defining your role as a counselor
> Learning to use techniques appropriately
> Developing your own counseling style
> Staying vital as a person and as a
professional
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What do I personally have to
offer others who are
struggling to find their way?
Am I doing in my own life
what I may be urging others to
do?
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Thanks!

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