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 LESSON 2.1:
DISCIPLINES OF
COUNSELING
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Counseling is a
collaborative effort between
the counselor and client.
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Professional counselors help clients:

• identify goals and potential

solutions to problems which
cause emotional turmoil;
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Professional counselors help clients:

• seek to improve
communication and coping
skills;
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Professional counselors help clients:

• strengthen self-esteem;
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Professional counselors help clients:

• promote behavior change

and optimal mental health.
LESSON 2.1.1:
Definition of
Counseling
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As a profession counseling
is relatively new. It grew out
of guidance movement, in
opposition to traditional
psychotherapy.
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A few definitions described

on the following slides will
illustrate the meaning and
process of counseling
profession.
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•  "An effort to help the

client engage in those
types of behavior which
will lead to a resolution
of the client's problems"
- Krumboltz, 1965
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 "Counseling denotes
a professional
relationship between a
trained counselor and
a client.”
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“Relationship is usually person-to-person,

and is designed to help clients to
understand and clarify their views of their
lifespace, and to learn to reach their self-
determined goals through meaningful, well-
informed choices and through resolution of
problem" (Burks & Stefflre, 1979, p. 14)
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 "An interaction in which the counselor offers

another person the time, attention, and
respect necessary to explore, discover and
clarify ways of living more resourcefully, and
to his or her greater well-being"
(The BAC, 1999)
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“Professional counseling is a professional

relationship that empowers diverse
individuals, families, and groups to
accomplish mental health, wellness,
education, and career goals.”
(According to 20/20: A Vision for the Future
of Counseling, 2017)
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These definitions indicate that

counseling as defined by
different people have few
common components, as
described as:
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1. Counseling is aimed at
helping people make
choices and act on them
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2. Counselors are the people who

listen to others and help resolve
difficulties
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3. A relationship
Counselor develops a relationship
which is based on unconditional
positive regard and trust.
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4. A process
Counseling is a process in which the
counselor and the clients involve
themselves in a psychological
process to solve problems.
LESSON 2.1.2:
Goals of
Counseling
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• The goal of counseling is to help

individuals overcome their
immediate problems and also
to equip them to meet future
problems.
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• Counseling, to be meaningful
has to be specific for each
client since it involves his
unique problems and
expectations.
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• The long range –goals are those that reflect the counselor’s
philosophy of life and could be stated as

1. To help the counselee become self-actualizing.

2. To help the counselee attain self-realization.

3. To help the counselee become a fully –functioning person.

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The following slides are

some major goals of
counseling
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1. Achievement of positive mental health

2. Resolution of Problems
3. Improving Personal Effectiveness
4. Counseling to Help Change
5. Decision – Making as a Goal of Counseling
6. Modification of Behavior as a Goal
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Goals of Counseling:

1. Listening
keenly to the
patient is the
main goal.
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Goals of Counseling:

2. Identify the need of

the patient. E.g., parents
need Counseling for
their children’s behavior
problems.
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Goals of Counseling:
3. To make the patient to
ventilate his emotions
properly and help him to
be aware of his own
emotions and encourage
him to be independent.
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Goals of Counseling:
4. Main problem
should be focused so
that the sub-problems
should be identified
by the patient himself.
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Goals of Counseling:
Make the patient to
accept himself with
his problem and help
him to adjust with it
till it gets over.
LESSON 2.1.3:
Scope of
Counseling
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Counseling can be helpful areas such as:

• Addiction and abuse of

alcohol and other drugs
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Counseling can be helpful areas such as:

• Adjustment issues,
including adjustment
to school life
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Counseling can be helpful areas such as:

• Anger management
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Counseling can be helpful areas such as:

• Anxiety and
depression
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Counseling can be helpful areas such as:

• Communicating
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Counseling can be helpful areas such as:

• Eating Disorder
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Counseling can be helpful areas such as:

• Relationship
difficulties
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Counseling can be helpful areas such as:

• Trauma and
thoughts of
suicide
LESSON 2.1.4:
Core Values in
Counseling
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Principles of Counseling:

• 1. Principle of acceptance—accept
the patient with his physical, psycho­
logical, social, economical and cultural
conditions.
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Principles of Counseling:

• 2. Principle of communication—
communication should be verbal as
well as non-verbal and should be
skillful.
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Principles of Counseling:

• 3. Principle of empathy—instead of
showing sympathy put yourself in
patients shoes and then give
reflections accordingly.
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Principles of Counseling:

• 4. Principle of non-judge—mental
attitude- do not criticize or comment
negatively regarding patient’s
complaints.
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES on
RIGHTS ,
RESPONSIBILITIES and
ACCOUNTABILITIES, and
CODE of ETHICS

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The expectations for ethical

conduct as expressed in this
Code are based on the
following fundamental
principles:
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• Respecting human rights and dignity

• Respect for the client’s right to be self-
governing
• A commitment to promoting the client’s well
being
• Fostering responsible caring
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• Fair treatment of all clients and the

provision of adequate services
• Equal opportunity to clients availing
counseling services
• Ensuring the integrity of practitioner-client
relationship
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• Fostering the practitioner’s self-knowledge

and care for self
• Enhancing the quality of professional
knowledge and its application
• Responsibility to the society
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Any
Questions
?
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Thank you for

listening!