Counselling is a process in which the counsellor assists the counselee to make interpretation of facts relating to a choice, plan or adjustments, which he needs to make. (Smith)

1. HEALTH
COUNSELLING

2. COUNSELLING
• Definition
Counselling is a process in which the
counsellor assists the counselee to make
interpretation of facts relating to a choice, plan
or adjustments, which he needs to make.
(Smith)

3. CONCEPTS OF COUNSELLING
• Relationship between two persons
• Accepts ,trusting and safe relationship
• Relationship between two personnel, counsellor and
counselee.
• Aware of himself and the ways in which he is
reacting to the behavioural influences to his
environment.
• Develop a set of goals for future behaviour of an
individual.

4. PRINCIPLES OF COUNSELLING
• Counselling is basically and permissive relationship.
• Counselling emphasized thinking with not for the
individual.
• To avoid dictatorial attitude.
• The counselling relationship is trust and confidence
with the client.
• All decision making rests with the client.
• Counselling is centered on the problems of the
clients.
• Counselling is a learning situation which eventually
results in a behavioural change.

5. PRINCIPLES OF COUNSELLING
• Everyone participating in the counselling process with
comfortable.
• Effectiveness in counselling depends largely on the
readiness of the client to make changes and the
therapeutic relationship with the counsellor.
• The client’s family members and significant influencing
personnel must be influenced in counselling process.
• Skills of warmth, friendliness, openness and empathy
are ingredients of successful counselling process.
• Counsellor has to listen attentively, answer questions
objectively, and reinforce important information.
• To maintain dignity of individuals as individual is
primary concern in counselling

6. NEED OF COUNSELLING
• To accept actual or impending changes
• To foster cognitive, behavioural, developmental and
emotional growth in clients.
• To encourage the client to examine the available alternatives.
• To develop a sense of control for better management.
• To relieve distress among people.
• To change the behaviour by reducing stress or risk.
• To encourage and develop special abilities and right attitude.
• To inspire stressful endeavour towards attainment.
• To assist in planning educational and vocational choices.
• To develop foe efficient use of man power.
• To motivate the students for self employment.

7. MEMBERS IN COUNSELLING
PROGRAM
• Principal / Vice Principal / Tutor in charge /
Nursing and Medical superintendent
• Counsellor
• Tutors
• Parents

8. FUNCTIONS OF A COUNSELLOR
• Pupil appraisal
• Pupil orientation
• Helping emotionally disturbed pupil
• Helping pupil overcome academic and social
deficiencies
• Gaining cooperation
• Maintaining up to date records
• Arranged for referral services
• Evaluating and doing the follow up work
• Disseminating information’s

9. CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD
COUNSELLOR
• Self awareness and understanding
• Good health
• Sensitivity
• Open mindedness
• Objectivity
• Trustworthiness
• Approachability

10. COUNSELLING SERVICES
• Planned, organised services within the policy
framework and resources of institution.
• Purposes
• Promotion of normal development of young students
• Prevent and protect student from developmental
problems
• Provide appropriate services when required / felt by
the students to deal with any problem
• Facilitate proper communication
• Support tutors to counsel the students

11. TYPES OF COUNSELLING
SERVICES
• Orientation services – helping for orientation
• Appraisal services – to gather, record, maintain and
use adequate information’s
• It includes:
• Developmental counselling
• Preventive counselling
• Facilitative counselling
• Crisis counselling
• Vocational and placement services
• Personal and social services

12. SORT OF PROBLEMS NEEDS
COUNSELLING
• Anything that is causing stress:
• Typical stress symptoms being worry, lack of
concentration, making mistakes, sleep problems,
impact on relationships, loss of fun in life.
• . Life crises: relationship break-ups, loss through
death or separation, failure in a plan, etc

13. SORT OF PROBLEMS NEEDS
COUNSELLING
• Ongoing lack of confidence, motivation, negativity,
anxiety, depression, feeling suicidal thoughts
• · Career decisions
• · Conflict management
• · Anger management, assertiveness

14. COUNSELLING PROCESS
• Five different steps include:
• Establishing relationship
• Assessment
• Setting goals
• Interventions:
• Termination and follow up

15. COUNSELLING PROCESS
• Intervention for promotion of adolescent health is,
• A: Adoption of healthy life style
• D: Developing appropriate IEC strategy discouraging early
marriage and teenage pregnancies
• O: Organising adolescent clinics
• L: Life skills training, legal support, liason with peers, parents and
teachers
• E: Educating about sexuality, safe sex and responsible parenthood
• S: Safe, secure and supportive environment
• C: Counselling services, curriculum in school to include family life
education and life skills
• E: Enabling and empowering adolescents to be responsible citizens
• N: Nurturing and nourishing the adolescents well
• T: Training adolescents for income generation skills

16. APPROACHES FOR COUNSELLING
• Non-directive approach :In this individual rendering
help does not impose values upon the person being
helped.
• Directive approach : Authoritarian or
psychoanalytical approach, the counsellor is active
and directs the individual in making decisions and
finding solutions to the problems.
• Eclectic approach: Here counsellor is always ready
to change plan and is flexible in the approach at
every stage of the counselling process