8. Examples of Counseling Services
•Marriage and Family Counseling
•Educational Counseling
•Rehabilitation Counseling
•Mental Health Counseling
•Substance Abuse Counseling
9. Marriage counseling, also known as couples’ therapy, is a
form of professional intervention designed to help couples
improve their relationship. Here’s what you need to know:
Purpose: Marriage counseling aims to address various
relationship challenges, conflicts, and communication issues that
couples may encounter. It provides guidance and tools to
enhance the quality of the relationship.
Marriage Counseling
10. Educational Counseling
The process of providing assistance and guidance to students in making the right
choices in their studies1. This includes their educational plans, career
aspirations, choice of stream and specialization, as well as the selection of
college or university as per their interests and preferences.
Educational counselors provide academic, personal, and therapeutic support for
a broad array of students, leveraging counseling concepts and psychology tools
to promote student development and facilitate student success.
They also provide support and encouragement to students facing academic or
personal difficulties.
11. Rehabilitation Counseling
• Rehabilitation counseling is a discipline that provides counseling
services to people with disabilities to help them achieve their personal,
academic, and career goals.
• It is a systematic process that assists persons with physical, mental,
developmental, cognitive, and emotional disabilities to achieve their
personal, career, and independent living goals through the application
of the counseling process.
• Rehabilitation counselors often work in collaboration with health care
professionals providing coordination of services as part of a
rehabilitation team.
12. Mental Health Counseling
• Mental health counseling is a process that aims to diagnose
and help improve emotional and behavioral well-being.
• It may serve as an alternative to medicine or be used with
medications or other mental health treatments.
• Mental health professionals use a variety of counseling
formats depending on the person, group, or type of mental
condition
13. Substance Abuse Counseling
• Substance abuse counseling is a combination of treatment and
support to help people break free from drug or alcohol
addiction. It is often a key part of rehabilitation programs to
help clients overcome substance dependence mentally and
emotionally.
• An addiction counselor (also known as a substance abuse
counselor) provides expert care and support to people with
substance use disorders, ranging from mild to severe.
14. Counselling plays a crucial role in effective teaching and
learning within schools. Let’s explore its significance:
1. Guidance and Counselling Services:
Counselling services are an integral part of the educational
system. They aim to develop, assess, and enhance
educational programs.
These services also contribute to improving instruction,
increasing teacher competency, and reducing costs for
students.
15. Counselling is a transformative process that assists individuals in
learning both within and outside the school environment.
It helps students build confidence, trust, and receive the rightful
information needed for their future success1.
3. Teacher Involvement:
While teachers are not long-term counselors, they can still play a key
role in resolving student issues and concerns.
Proper motivation, clarification of goals, and understanding students’
basic potentialities are essential for their overall development3.
2. Transformative Process:
