counseling

1. Counselling and helping
Definition and scope of
counselling.

2. Counselling and helping :-
Counselling :-
Counselling is an interactive between the counsellor and the counselee
to help the counselee's needs.

3. The following definitive characteristic of the helping
relationship embrace the goal and describe the
conceptualization of this relationship :-
• 1) A relationship initially structured by the counsellor Or
therapist but open to co-operative restructuring based on
the needs of the client.
• 2) A relationship that begins with the initial meeting and
continues through termination.
• 3) A relationship in which all persons involved percieve the
existence of trust, caring, concern and commitment and act
accordingly.

4. • 4)A relationship in which the needs of the client are given priority
over the needs of the counsellor or therapist.
• 5) A relationship the provides for the personal growth of all persons
involved.

5. Definition :-
• • Counselling is a process by means of which the helper
expresses care and concern towards the person with a
problem, and facilitates that person's personal growth and
brings about change through self knowledge Counseling
deals with wellness, personal growth, career, and
pathological concerns. In other words, counselors work in
areas that involve relationships. These areas include intra-
and interpersonal concerns related to finding meaning and
adjustment in such settings as schools, families, and careers.

6. • • Counseling is conducted with persons who are considered
to be functioning well and those who are having more
serious problems. Counseling meets the needs of a wide
spectrum of people.
• • Counseling is a process that maybe developmental or
intervening. Counselors focus on their clients‟ goals. Thus,
counseling involves both choice and change. In some cases,
“counseling is a rehearsal for action

7. Scope of councelling :-
• 1) problems with lifespan development focus: Halping for "
developmental problems" to make a person more self-
actualizing in a continues (lifespan) growth processes.
• 2) imbalance of cognitive aspects: contemporary perceptual
approach -"the here and now" Problems in terms of client's
unique outlook with regard to his life or his cognitive and
phenomenological approach, cognitive or thought
modification.

8. • 3) Behavioral problems and behavioral modification focus:
The behavioral focus for identifying and correcting behavior
problems or behavioral modification with understanding of
basic behavioral concepts as conditions, reinforcement,
deconditioning, de- sensitization and transfer of learning.
• 4) specific problem focus: (eg: marriage, divorce, family,
child, adolescent focus, crisis focus) : All the problems
related to child counseling, marriage counseling,
interpersonal relation adjustment problems, age related
problems, family counseling, group counseling, person-
centerd counseling.

9. • 5) General focus and all prevailing education, job, health focus: scope
of counseling is also providing in various fields of life - eg: education
career related counseling in offices and industries. 6) Life challenge
focus: These are as sexual harassment, alcoholism and substance
abuse, counseling the disabled and their families, counseling suicide-
prone persons, counselling the terminally I'll person.
• 6) Life challenge focus: These are as sexual harassment, alcoholism
and substance abuse, counseling the disabled and their families,
counseling suicide-prone persons, counselling the terminally I'll
person.