The Discipline of

Counseling
Objectives:
At the end of the discussion the
students must be able:
a. Identify the goals and scope of
counseling
b. Demonstrate comprehension of the
principles of counseling
c. Explain the discipline of counseling.
The Discipline of Counseling
 Definitions
Goals
Scope
 Core values
COUNSELING DEFINITION
– derived from the word “cons ilium”
meaning to give and advice. - creating a
wholesome relationship between the
counselor and counselee; a collaborative
process wherein the counselor takes a
passive position of listening, as the
counselee is encouraged to articulate
himself until he clarifies his thinking to
consider various steps in solving his own
problem.
COUNSELING: GOAL

1. Provides a change in attitude or

behavior in a person.
2. Helps in preventing the
development of a problem into a
more complicated one.
3. Encourages expression, release of
emotion while there is a provision of
support in times of problem in order to
stimulate growth of ideas from the client.
4. Helps the counselee/client to feel
relieve and his emotional burden
lightened as he clarifies his thoughts.
5. Helps the client/counselee to come up
with a solution to his pressing problem.
COUNSELING: SCOPE
Individual Counseling
 Adolescent identity, concerns,
teen-parent relationships, peer
relationships
Anxiety
Anger management
 Children’s concerns within the
family unit, sibling relationships,
school experiences, peer
relationships
Depression
Family of origin dynamics and
issues
 Gender: identity, sexuality,
homosexuality
Marital and Pre-marital Counseling
1. Marital and relational dynamics
2. Extended family relationships
3. Fertility issues
Family Counseling
1. Adolescent and child behaviors
within family dynamics
2. Adult children
3. Divorce and separation issues
and adjustment
4. Family dynamics: estrangement,
conflict, communication
5. Family of origin / extended family
issues
6. Life stages and transitions
7. Parenting patterns: blended, single,
co-parenting families
8. Remarriage relationship counseling
COUNSELING: CORE VALUES

1. Professional-offer a safe, empathic,

professional and ethical service for the
alleviation of personal distress and suffering
and promotion of your personal growth and
well-being.

2. Respectful: I am consistently respectful of

your human rights, dignity and accepting of the
diversity of your culture and life experiences
without prejudice
3. Responsive: I work with you holistically and
uphold your autonomy to be self directing inside
and outside of the therapy room.

4. Fairness: treat the client fairly with the

utmost integrity for the therapeutic relationship,
personal safety, and access to the services
offered

5. Confidential: professionally manage and

respect the right to privacy and confidentiality
and consider client’s own autonomy and legal
frameworks for managing disclosure.
6. Commitment: committed to partaking in
activities for own continuous professional and
personal development, developing good
practice and moral qualities as a therapeutic
practitioner including, empathy, sincerity,
integrity, resilience, respect, humility,
competence, fairness, wisdom and courage.

7. Maintaining the best interest of the client.

Instruction: Analyze the following by
stating your own assessment of the cases
given. If you are the counselor, how are
you going to handle the following
considering the following:
a. scope b. core values c. goals of
counseling.
1. Bert, a young employee of few
years was fired from his job for no
apparent reason at. All. He sought
the help of a counselor.
2. Betty planned to buy insurance. She
arranged a schedule with the company’s
sales counselor to know the conditions
and terms of the policy.

3. Benny and Beth had finally decided to

settle down for good. They went to a
premarital counselor for their required
pre marriage counseling seminar.
Answer the following.
1. Cite at least two (2) examples of
problem and conflict that most of the
teenagers like you had experience and
state what scope of counseling they are
in.
2. If you are their counselor, how are you
going to handle/manage their case?
3. What are the core values that you need
to have to be able to help them?
Assignment:
Instruction: Interview at least two (2) of the following
(child with broken family, runaway teenager, student
with failing grades, girl/boy who broke up with her
gf/bf) and try to assess their dilemmas and conflict by
answering the following questions.
1. How would you describe their current situation?
2. What is their main concern?
3. What do you think originally caused these
problems?
4. What do you think would help solve the problems?