MAGC 820 COUNSELING THEORIES, TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
ECLECTIC COUNSELING
Frederick Charles Thorne
(Villar, 2011)
NATURE OF SOURCES OF GOALS MAJOR FOCUS ROLE OF THE COUNSELOR TECHNIQUES STEPS
HUMAN BEINGS DIFFICULTY COUNSELOR COMPETENCIES
Active, dynamic, Identify Adaptive Client’s present Serves as Personal warmth Symptomatic Diagnose causes
motivated to personality coping situation, catalyst to help Unconditional Therapy of
strive for self- adjustment behaviors and integration and client achieve positive regard - Work on maladjustment
actualization caused by psychological unification’ greater insight, & respect symptoms Make a plan for
Know what is inability to states Psychological knowledge and Genuine manifested modifying
best for transcend the forces that cause competency in acceptance and Supportive Therapy etiological
themselves affective- Higher levels of the psychological achieving a nonjudgmental - work on release factors
under normal or impulsive self- state more attitude on and Secure proper
ideal conditions unconscious actualization individualistic Empathic improvement of conditions from
Manifest a determination LEADS AND life understanding feelings efficient learning
series of drives of behavior Personality RESPONSES Non-imposition Semantic Stimulate client
needed to: integration – Acceptance/ Acts as friendly of personal Reorganization to develop
Maximize organizing and passive listening adviser primarily beliefs and -change language his/her own
themselves, unifying all Clarification concerned with values pattern resources and
achieve perfect elements of Reflection of helping the Ability to refrain Behavior Therapy assume
functioning, behavior and feelings client to work from criticizing, -modify behavior responsibility
organize states to Paraphrase out his/her own moralizing, and Tutorial Counseling from practicing
expanding maintain the Summarization problem judging -teach how to do new modes of
experiences highest Reassurance Resistance to certain things adjustment
into meaningful possible level Suggestion Take control the emphasis on Rational-logical Handle related
wholes of unity, Persuasion when the client theory alone Problem Solving problem
Ensure integration and Advice-giving is unable to Keen and critical -develop problem
personal functioning Active- control himself- observation of solving skills
stability, uncovering herself the client and Any technique is
including self- techniques counselor’s acceptable
preservation, “What if’’ Return ultimate behaviors provided the ff.
homeostasis, exploration of control of the Knowledge of criteria are met
DR. AILEEN KRIS S. PADILLA, RGC, RPsy ULS, 2024
nd
University Lecturer II 2 Semester
ideological what it would be situation to the own personality o Specificity of
controls, life like when client And interacting action- etiological
goals, roles and he/she is lacking styles wi factors
statuses, and Pressure, th different o Economy of action-
lifestyle coercion and clients quickest, most
Integrate punishment Diligent study of economical
opposing with a firm, all the existing Natural History of
functions kind, approaches and disorder-most
To resolve understanding techniques effective based on
imbalance but authoritarianism Intelligent the pattern of the
not necessarily (if necessary) selection of the dev. Of disorder
avoid tensions most o Prodromal-
appropriate Vague &
methods for the nonspecific,
particular applying supportive
problem and or palliative
specific technique
individual o Syndromal w/o
Perceptive and insight
flexible response -recognize
to developing maladjustment
client attitudes o Syndromal w/
and responses in client insight
counseling -selecting action
Possession of more freely
superior Distributive
inteligence Principle
Total Push
-work on possible
influences and
treatment
Failure of Progress
-application of
DR. AILEEN KRIS S. PADILLA, RGC, RPsy ULS, 2024
nd
University Lecturer II 2 Semester
more drastic
methods when a
client fails to
respond to
treatment.
Adaptive Process
-adapting
techniques to
develop needs of
the client
Active vs. Passive
tecniques 9Law of
Parsimony
-start w/ more
passive/nodirectiv
e techniques/
simpler techniques
for clients
emotional release
and opportunity to
solve his or her
problems; shifting
active personal or
complicated
techniques only
when such
techniques failed
Answer this questions. Submit a soft copy of your answers in essay form on June 28, 2024
1. Differentiate Eclectic from Person-Centered Approach in Counseling. (20 pts)
2. What is the best technique from the eclectic approach? Why? (10 pts)
3. Is advising applicable to eclectic approach? Explain your answer. (20 pts)
DR. AILEEN KRIS S. PADILLA, RGC, RPsy ULS, 2024
nd
University Lecturer II 2 Semester
