10. CONTENTS
1. DEFINITIONS
2. NEED OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING IN
EDUCATION
3. DEFINITION OF COUNSELING
4. QUALITIES OF GUIDANCE COUNSELOR
5. CURRENT ISSUES OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING
IN THE PHILIPPINES
11. What is guidance
and counseling?
-AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WELL-
FUNCTIONING INDIVIDUAL
PRIMARILY BY HELPING HIM/HER
TO UTILIZE HIS/HER POTENTIALS
TO THE FULLEST AND PLAN
HIS/HER PRESENT AND FUTURE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH HIS/HER
ABILITIES, INTERESTS & NEEDS.
(R.A.9258 RULE 1 SEC.3)
12. The Rules and Regulations
declares that Guidance and
Counseling includes counseling,
psychological testing, research,
placement, referral, group
processes, learning, study
orientation and the teaching of
guidance and counseling
subjects.
Also includes CONSULTATION,
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, and
PUBLIC RELATIONS.
13. BASIC PRINCIPLES:
GIBSON and MITCHEL
(1991) and CROW and
CROW (1961)
1. The Guidance Program is an
integral part of the
education system.
2. It is responsive to the
students’ needs.
3. It recognizes the student as
an individual and is
premised that all
individuals have the right
and capability to make
decisions and plans.
14. The Need for Guidance Services
1. The Family Situation
The Disappearing Family
The Unready Family
The Pathological Family
2. Increased Mobility of Filipinos
3. Changes in the Area of Education
K-12 Program
Expanded Course Possibilities
Need for Post-graduate Studies
4. More Occupational Possibilities
5. Lack of Job Possibiliites
6. New Trends in Permanency and
Tenure
7. Job-Skills Mismatch
8. Soft Skills
9. Mutual Recognition Arrangement
10. Increasing Possibilities of
Experiencing Crisis
11. Development in Science and
Technology
12. Increasing Multifarious Disorders
13. Millenials and Gen Z
15. Nature of Guidance
Guidance stands for
the process of
education as a
whole
The guidance is
meant for all
Guidance is
attainment of self-
direction by an
individual
Guidance is a
continuous process
Guidance is both
science and art
Guidance is a
process of learning,
helping, and
effective for and
individual
Guidance is a
teamwork
Guidance as the
promotion of the
growth of the
individual in self
direction
Guidance is
functional in nature
Guidance is a
process of assisting
an individual to find
his place
26. Who is a guidance counselor?
-HUMMS STRAND PREFERABLY (SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL)
-BACHELOR OF ARTS/SCIENCE IN PSYCHOLOGY
-18 UNITS OF EDUCATION
-MA IN EDUCATION MAJOR IN GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING
-PASS THE LICENSURE EXAM FOR GUIDANCE COUNSELOR
-A REGISTERED GUIDANCE COUNSELOR OR RGC (R.A. 9258)
27. QUALITIES OF A
COUNSELOR
1. Sensitive to human problems
2. Empathetic
3. Respect for individual variations
4. Being non-judgmental
5. Maintain confidentiality
6. Being approachable
7. Being firm yet friendly
8. Pleasant disposition
9. Understanding values and
relationships
28. As a Guidance counselor
MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
AS A CAREER SPECIALIST
GUIDANCE COUNSELOR’S
ROLES
37. Multicultural
Counseling
A type of counseling where the therapist addresses the
struggles of a client whose race, gender, socioeconomic
background, religion, or any other part of their identity
doesn’t fit in with the majority.
Minorities have a history of dealing with racism and
oppression, and in this lens, a counselor doesn’t take that
information into account isn’t able to effectively counsel.
In the counseling session, the sociocultural environment of
the individual and issues of power and privilege are given
attention.
This is a strength based- approach; counselors focus on
positive change in both the process and outcome.
40. The Mental Health Act of the Philippines
(RA. 11036)
An act establishing a National Mental Health Policy for the
Purpose of Enhancing the Delivery of Integrated Mental
Health Services, Promoting and Protecting the Rights of
Persons Utilizing Psychosocial Health Services,
Appropriating Funds therefor and Other Purposes.
It mandates for the provision of psychiatric, psychosocial
and neurological services in all hospitals, and basic mental
health services in community settings. Compulsory
treatment is limited to hospital settings, and the Act does
not provide for compulsory community treatment.
41. Guidance Counselor: What does the
future hold?
A Guidance Counselor occupies an important role during the
global pandemic. That role is to LISTEN to students, help
students transform their goals into actions and support
students’ mental health during challenging times.
Guidance Counselor are on the front line of supporting our
nation’s young people as they move through their educational
journey in times of new normal.
Counselors need further training in handling the after effect of
the pandemic as they guide students/parents/guardians in
facing the inevitabilities of the new normal.