2. COUNSELING SERVICES
Counseling
- incurs moral responsibility
that some basic guides are
needed. The counselor should
remember that he has an ethical
obligation to the counselee and
to the society.
6. - Know your limitation.
Trying to behave and
pose as one who
seems to be
knowledgeable is risky.
7. - Avoid physical contact.
A handshake suffices.
- Learn not to be
sympathetic but also
empathic.
8. B. FEATURES OF COUNSELING
SERVICE
1. This offers assistance
in the form of services;
however, certain points
have to be considered
in a workable
counseling program:
9. 1. a. Theme must be
knowledgeable/ record
pertinent data about the
counselee.
1. b. The counselor must be
proficient in the use of
counseling techniques.
10. 1.c. There must be
sufficient records and
they should be updated.
1.d. The counselor must
have the ability to
organize, relate, and
interpret the data.
11. 1. e. The counselor must
be observant and
cautious in organizing
data in terms of
behavior and
development.
12. 2. The clients vary
according to their
needs.
2.a. There are
maladjusted, slow
learners and students
with problems.
13. 2.b. There are those
who are frequently
absent or tardy for no
apparent and
acceptable reasons.
14. 3. Tools/ Data used to
gather information
3. a. Cumulative
records of students
3. b. Records of
interviews conducted
15. 3. c. Case studies
3. d. Test results
3. e. Anecdotes and
other records
16. 4. Methodology/Procedure
4. a. Gather all the data
and study them carefully
4. b. Let the counselee
talk, or wait for him to
gather enough strength to
open up.
17. 4. c. Listen and feel
free to clarify certain
points to the matters
discussed.
4. d. Be objective
regarding the question at
hand.
4. e. Maintain ethical
standard.
18. C. COUNSELOR’S ATTITUDE,
SKILL, AND CHARACTERISTIC
1. A counselor by the
nature of his calling should
possess a respectable
character with good
professional attitude.
19. 2. He must be readily
flexible: a peer to the client
at one time and an
authority figure the next
time. He must be one who
can have the resiliency to
adopt to changes.
20. 3. He must be highly
sensitive, honest, and
sincere. He should be
one who easily feels his
way thrive a relation
with the counselee.
21. 4. He must be accepting.
He must regard his client
as a person of dignity.
He must accept and
respect the right of his
client to make decisions,
choices, and solutions.
22. 5. He must be
intellectually
competent with a high
perceptive mind and
thorough knowledge
of human behavior
23. D. ASPECTS OF COUNSELING
SESSION
Holding a counseling session
with the counselee must
thrive from a relationship
between the two by making
the counselee comfortable in
an atmosphere of trust and
confidentiality.
24. 1. Let the counselee
to be open, free to
disclose whatever he
wants as he trusts his
counselor.
25. 2. Stimulate him to talk.
By the counselor’s
tactful way, he invites
the counselee to share
his feelings and his
thoughts.
26. 3. Listen attentively,
ask question for
clarity.
4. Watch carefully for
counselee’s gestures
and facial expressions
which may be his way
of sending messages.