There are different types of career counseling based on approach and area. Approaches include directive counseling where the counselor guides the process, non-directive counseling which is client-centered, and eclectic counseling which uses elements of both. Areas of counseling include length of sessions (short or long term), number of clients (individual or group), and professional purpose (educational, vocational, or placement counseling). Educational counseling helps with school choices, vocational counseling assesses interests and skills for career paths, and placement counseling provides career information and development assistance.

1. TYPES OF CAREER
COUNSELLING
SWATHY.M.A

2. CAREER COUNSELLING
Career Counseling is a process that will help to
know and understand our self and the world of work
in order to make career, educational, and life
decisions
It is a global approach to individuals under all aspect
of their personal, professional and social life
It provide information, counseling & guidance
service to support each and every person

3. TYPES OF CAREER
COUNSELLING
Different types of counselling based on
different criteria such as:
 APPROACHES
 AREAS

4. BASED ON APPROACHES
1
• DIRECTIVE COUNSELLING
2
• NON DIRECTIVE COUNSELLING
3
• ELECTIC COUNSELLING

5. DIRECTIVE COUNSELLING
E.G.
Williamson
is pioneer
in this type
of
counselling
It is a
counsellor
centred
therapy
More
importance
is given to
intellectual
aspect

6. NON-DIRECTIVE COUNSELLING
Carl. R.
Rogers is
the pioneer
in this type
of
counselling
It is a client
centred
therapy
Here
emotional
aspect has
more
importance

7. ECLECTIC COUNSELLING
Throne is
considered
as the
pioneer in
this type of
counselling
It is neither
client
centred nor
counsellor
centred
therapy
Here
counsellor is
active/
directive nor
passive.

8. BASED ON AREAS
1
• Length of counselling session
2
• Number of counselee involved
3
• Professional purpose

9. a. BASED ON LENGTH OF COUNSELLING
SESSION
I) short term counselling
ii) Long term counselling

10. SHORT TERM COUNSELLING
It has 12
sessions or
less
It is
appropriate
for situational
problems

11. It is a skilled
profession
with ethical
practice.
It deals with
certain
serious issues
LONG TERM COUNSELLING

12. BASED ON NUMBER OF COUNSELEES INVOLVED
• i) Individual counselling
• ii) Group counselling

13. INDIVIDUAL COUNSELLING
In individual counselling, the
complete session is focused on
individual concerns and goals.
That brings in what client likely to
change, and the therapist work
explicitly on that.

14. GROUP COUNSELLING
• Group counselling has many
flavours. Some groups are short-
term and structured which only
cover a particular topic.
• In these kind group counselling
usually activity followed by a
discussion.

15. BASED ON COUNSELLING PROFESSION
• i) Educational counselling
• ii) Vocational counselling
• iii) Placement counselling

16. EDUCATIONAL COUNSELLING
• Educational counselling in not only the profession,
but the program of services a counselor offers.
• It helps individual to reflect on personal educational
issues and experiences and also aid to make
appropriate educational choices
• The school counselor therefore provides services to
help the students in a school be successful.

17. VOCATIONAL COUNSELLING
• Vocation refers different things for different people
based on their interest.
• Vocational counselling measures individual’s
intelligence, aptitude, interest, skills to form and
follow a career path.
• Vocational counsellor’s main role is in assessing,
training and developing positions and advancement
for individuals

18. PLACEMENT COUNSELLING
• There is no clear-cut definition for placement
counselling worldwide.
• It is mainly due to conceptual skill, ability and
potentials of the counselee in assisting information's
regarding placements
• The focus of placement counselling is generally on
issues such as career finding, career change,
personal career development and other career related
issues.

19. References
• Samuel T. Gladding (2009) Counselling A
Comprehensive Profession, 6th Edition, New Delhi,
India: Pearson
• Robert L. Gibson and Marianne H. Mitchell (2008)
Introduction to Counselling and Guidance, 7th
Edition. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.
• Career Guidance And Counselling ( Text Book Of
Post Graduate Diploma In Youth Development)

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