The document provides an overview of social sciences and applied social sciences. It discusses that social sciences involve the systematic study of human behavior and society through disciplines like anthropology, economics, geography, history, linguistics, political science, psychology, and sociology. Applied social sciences take theories and knowledge from social sciences and apply them to address real-world problems. Counseling is presented as an example of an applied social science that utilizes theories from psychology. The document also outlines the goals and principles of counseling as a discipline within applied social sciences.