Lesson 1-The Discipline of Counseling

 

Module

Lesson 1:

The Discipline of Counseling Aaron M. Pepito, RPm DIASS

 

At the end of this module, I can: •

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Define counseling. Discusss the applic Discus application ation of the counse counseling ling as a discipline of art as discipline of science. Enumerate and discuss the goals, and scope of counseling. Explain and provide a rationale about the principals of counseling.

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Enumerate counseling. and discuss the core values of

 

There are common misconceptions about mental health services that have negative connotation to the idea of meeting with a counseling couns eling profession professional al or practitione practitioner, r, especially in the Philippines. These misconceptions include the following:

 

1. A person seeing a counselor, a psychologist, a psychiatrist, or any mental health practitioner has mental illnes. •

A person can freely consult any mental health practitioner and share his or her concerns so that he she cansymptoms deal with them affectively. Foror instance, such as frequent feelings of anxiety with excessive worry may not worsen and attacks.. This is develop into panic attacks possible if contributing reasons or factors are processed before an individual’s condition has worsened.

 

2. Counse Counseling ling means givin giving g advi advice ce A professional professional coun counselor selor is traine trained d to avoid advi advice. ce. When

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a counselor counselor gives an advic advice, e, the cli client ent is kep keptt from gaining a better position to understand, analyze, and solve his or her own o wn problem. Instead of giving advice, the primary primary goal of the cou counselor nselor is to assist the client to identify and address the factors in his or her problem. problem.

 

3. Counseling Counsel ing is part o off the Di Discipl scipline ine Board Students who have violated the school’s code of discipline are referred to the counselor. However, this not mean that the counselor’s role is to reprimand and discipline. In •

this situations, the counsel counselor or pro provid vides es the following assistance to the student concerned:

 

1. facilitation toward an understanding of the factors that caused him or her to disobey school rules and regulation,

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2. reorientation of the school policies,

 

3. referrals to or recommendation for seminars or workshops aimed to impart the characterization of the school’s values,

4. psychological support should the student’s action merited dismissal from the school.

 

4. A counselo counselorr is a problemproblem-sol solver ver •

Counse Coun selo lorr do not dispense an easy solution to fix problems. In fact, counse cou nselin ling g work work best throu through gh collaboration with the client client.. A counselor counse lor is a facilitator facilitator who guide guide you toward the possible solutions to understand the entire situations could he or she best help the client.

 

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The Goals of Counseling

According to Kottler and Shepar According Shepard d (2007 (2007), ), tthe he goalss that a goal are re comm common on to coun counselo selors rs and that are essentially indicate of their professional identity include clients in the following:

 

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1. Plan and work in a constructive manner in training life success;

 

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2. Learn, anticipate anticipate,, and react positively to issues brought about by developmental changes;

 

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3. Express their uniqueness in diverse circumstances through socially accepted integration of their thoughts, feelings, and actions;

 

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4. Respond with resilience to stress and be able to buffer themselves from its negative impact on their functioning;

 

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5. Develop effective skills in relating with others in order to enhance abilities in establishing harmonious relationship;; relationship

 

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6. Increase awa aware rene ness ss of the the sel selff by identifying their strengths and weaknesses;

 

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7. Become mindful of the realities of life and be able to apply effective principles of coping and adjusting to the different experience they encounter in life;

 

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8. Learn to speak for more options or choices to be wellinformed before making a decision; and

 

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9. achievement autonomy from couns cou nseli eling ng as they they have learned life skills.

 

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One of the important goal of the counseling process is to move the client toward proper and empowered self-management. If you seek seek counse counselin ling g so that that ca can n get immediate solutions to your problems, youvisit. might feel disappointed in your guidance

 

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The counse counselor lor int introd roduce uce to tools, ols, ssuch uch as time management skills,

 

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stress management skills, and

 

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social skills, that you can use to manage and solve your problems.

 

The Importance of Counseling •

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Counseling progra Counseling programs ms aim to p provide rovide prevent preventive ive measures to you as a client. This is achieved as the coun co unse selor lor as assi sist st yo you u to anticipate the challenges that may arise from a situations. As the counse counselors lors point pointss these out, he o orr she will will then discuss and provide guidelines about how you may properly deal with these situations. In doing so, you can function better by being wiser in choosing your decision

 

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Professional counselors are trained not to give you direct advice or act as you problem solvers. Rather,

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they listen to you,

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guide you to see the whole picture of your

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situations, present options to you,

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and facilitate your informed and wise decisions.

 

The Nature and Scope of Counseling •

Counseling Counsel ing deals deals with with a myriad of human concerns. The following are general classifications of problems and reasons why clients to consult counselors:

 

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1. Academic difficulties these include the students’ difficulties in accomplishing various requirements and meeting the standards of education, education,

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adjusting to teachingpressures, methods used, handling academic pressures , used, maintaining good grades, managing time, learning how to focus, and ensuring effective study skills.

 

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2. Personal concerns

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These involve the difficulties that the clients encounter in planning and setting their goals,

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handling stress,

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sustaining their motivation, motivation,

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making informed decisions,

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identifying priorities, priorities, and solving problems.

 

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3. Social concerns Difficulties by counselees in relating with othersencountered includes dealing with

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rejections,

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Handling peer pressure

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Coping with the challenges of romantic

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relationship bullying.. and bullying

 

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4. Emotional difficulties Problems related to clients’ emotions include dealing with Anxiety, nervousness, and heartache; heartache; Coping with the loneliness due to homesickness and rejection; rejection; Managing negative emotions, such as depression, anger. And fear ; And attaining emotional stability.

 

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5. Psychological challenges These include Handling persistent suicidal behaviours; behaviours; Managing some forms of addiction such as smoking, drinking, and computer gaming; gaming; Dealing with eating or sleeping problems; problems; Understanding one’s identity; identity; Handling painful experience.

 

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6. Family problems

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Clients’ primary concerns usually involve separation of parents, parents,

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Absence of parents due to work abroad, abroad,

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Single parenting, parenting,

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Infidelity of parents, parents,

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Hostile parenting, parenting, Favor Fa vorit itis ism m in fam familily y,

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Pregnancy and parenting, parenting, and unpleasant home environment

 

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7. Career-related concerns These difficulties can be addressed by identifying the clients’ strengths, interest, and personal traits and matching them with career choices; choices; Accessing information regarding career choices; choices; Reconciling personal career choices with those of family members; members; Identifying unclear career goals and lack of career plans;; plans Preparing for job application; application;

and attaining job satisfaction (Hurlock, 1980)

 

THE CORE VALUES OF COUNSELING •

Your values constitute your beliefs beliefs,, which in turn affect how you view the persons you deal with and how you understand your situations. Hutchinson (2014) offered a synthesis moral the values for effective counseling. These of include following:

 

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1. Each person is, in essence, naturally pure and good. If you share the same belief, then you treat every individual with care and respect, operate from a non-judgmental point of view, and try to understand why some persons cannot perform or function well.

 

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counselor lor is to to give give 2. The primary role of a counse support so that the client will be able a ble to attain autonomy.. autonomy This would enhance the clients’ sense of responsibility so that he or she could later arrive at a better positions and see how he or she influences and is influenced by social forces.

 

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3. The essential values that will compel and sustain you in doing this work are love and compassion.. compassion In order for you to become an effective counselor, you must have a big heart because as guidance counselor, you should learn to prioritize the needs of your clients.

 

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4. An effective counselor finds the job’s intrinsic rewards more interesting than its extrinsic ones. ones. This job’s intrinsic rewards come from the counselor’s sense of fulfilment in seeing his or her clients achieve life success, attain autonomy, and exercise effective coping skills.

 

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5. Deal with life through an attitude of gratitude and forgiveness. forgiveness. You have to keep inspiring other people to be well and dochallenges; well; to be hopeful and positive confident facing life’s and to stay in in times of problems and difficulties.

 

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What have I Learned So Far?

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1. What is counseling?

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 ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What is the importance of counseling?  ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________

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3. What do you think are some of the human concerns that bother most adolescents in this modern day?  ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________   ___________________________________________________________________________________ 4. How will you differentiate personal concerns from emotional concerns?  ___________________________________________________________________________________ 

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BEYOND WALLS 1.1 (Apply IT IN Real Lfe) •

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As a career career couns counselor elor of a universit university, y, you are tasked tasked to to prepare a 30-minute talk on the discipline of counseling of junior high school students. students. You have to prepare a PowerPoint presentation which highlights the nature and scope of the discipline, the career opportunities with compensations, and educational preparations and trainings needed to become a counselor. counselor. Make sure to sufficiently cover the salient features of counseling, use the appropriate jargons in the discipline, and check your sentence for correct grammar.