Lesson-Exemplar-in-LESSON 2 COUNSELING
Lesson-Exemplar-in-LESSON 2 COUNSELING
I. OBJECTIVES At the end of the lesson, the learners will be able to:
1.Define the meaning of counseling
2.Explain the goals of counseling
3.Describe the scope of counseling
Learning Objectives
What’s new?
ACTIVITY 1.1
Activity 1.1 Data Retrieval Chart Direction: As you read the lesson, fill out the data retrieval
chart. Data Retrieval Chart About the differentiating of social science and applied social
science
Social Science Definition:
Applied Social Science Definition:
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What comes to your mind when you heard Counseling?
What’s in?
Essay Activity: 1.2
1.What is counseling?
2.How does counseling help individuals, groups, or communities?
What is it?
THE MEANING OF COUNSELING Nystul (2003 ) defined counseling as essentially an
art and a science in which you seek to weigh the objective and subjective aspects of the
counseling process.
Counseling as an art is the subjective dimension of advice. It maintains a flexible and creative
process by which the counselor modifies the approach in order to meet the growing needs of
clients. It is also related to the act of giving oneself and being compassionate in therapy
processes.
Counseling as a science, on the other hand, is the objective dimension of the consultation
process. Counselors who are discerning and who acquire skills to formulate critical
conclusions and inferences (Nystul, 2003). The art and science of psychology means an
intensification of the Boulder Method scientist-practitioner paradigm (Myers, 2007). The
model illustrates the incorporation of art and science into therapy, which forms
recommendations that incorporate theory and practice. In practical terms, therapy happens
when a person who is in distress asks for support and encourages another person to enter a
kind of relationship with him / her. It is indicative of someone seeking counseling requests for
time and attention from a person who will listen, who will allow him / her to speak and who
will not condemn and criticize him / her. This type of relationship is a formal aid in which a
counselor-counselee relationship is established. Informal aid is asking for formal assistance
in some ways, such as the presence of good listening skills, compassion, and caring capacity.
However, there is a higher degree of confidentiality and objectivity in the context of
structured assistance. People trust that the counselor will uphold his oath of allegiance as a
licensed counselor and will abide by his Code of Ethics and Professional Principles (Nystul,
2003).
Counseling is a vital part of assisting not only in social work but also in education. It is a
process of helping a person seeking help. Counseling happens when you meet a qualified
specialist who has the expertise, experience, and orientation to provide the services needed. A
trained professional is a counselor who will accompany you – listen to you and help you
achieve your goals. Based on the Guidance and Counseling Act of 2004, guidance and
counseling is a profession that involves the application of a "integrated approach to the
development of a well-functioning individual" through provision in accordance with its
interests, needs and abilities (University of Queensland, 2015). At the American Therapy
Association (ACA) conference in Pittsburgh in March 2010, members reached an agreement
on the common concept of therapy. They accepted that therapy is a therapeutic partnership
that empowers diverse people, communities and organizations to achieve mental health,
wellbeing, education and career goals (Kaplan, Travis's and Gladding, 2014). This concept
talks about inspiring people, families, groups and communities to achieve their goals in life.
GOALS OF COUNSELING The goal setting is a key component of individual, group,
organizational and community success. Counseling, like any form of assistance, must be
motivated by objectives. It will be more difficult to achieve the desired target if you do not or
are not conscious of the objectives. The primary objective of counseling is to help people use
their prevailing social skills and problem-solving skills more functionally or to develop new
survival and coping skills. The comprehensive and broad therapy goals defined by Gibson
and Mitchell (2003) are as follows:
1. Development Goals – assist in meeting or advancing the client’s human growth and
development including social, personal, emotional, cognitive and physical wellness
2. Preventive Goals – helps the client avoid some undesired outcome
3. Enhancement Goals – enhance special skills and abilities
4. Remedial Goals – assisting client to overcome and treat an undesirable development
5. Exploratory Goals – examining options, testing of skills, trying new and different
activities, etc.
6. Reinforcement Goals – helps client in recognizing that what they are doing, thinking and
feeling is fine
7. Cognitive Goals – involves acquiring the basic foundation of learning and cognitive skills
8. Physiological Goals – involves acquiring the basic understanding and habits for good
health
9. Psychological Goals – aids in developing good social interaction skills, learning emotional
control and developing positive self-concept The goals set out above suggest that therapy
seeks to motivate the client by helping him / her to make important decisions in life, to build
capacity to cope, to improve productivity and to improve the quality of life. Other than the
goals discussed above, McLeod (2003) presented a list of therapy priorities, some of which
are to improve the objectives set out above. The list consists of insight-based problems
related to others, self-awareness, selfacceptance, self-actualization, liberation, problem-
solving, psychological education, cognitive improvement, behavioral change, structural
change, empowerment, reconciliation, and generativity. Such things briefly listed below are
nevertheless demanding motivating goals. The counselors, however, tend to be motivated by
these therapy goals.
Goal Description
Understanding of the origins and Understanding of the origins and
development of emotional difficulties, development of emotional difficulties,
leading to an increased capacity to take leading to an increased capacity to take
rational control over feelings and actions rational control over feelings and actions .
Relating
Relating with others Becoming better able to form and maintain
meaningful and satisfying relationships with
other people: for example, within the family
or workplace
Self-awareness Becoming more aware of thoughts and
feelings that had been blocked off or
denied, or developing a more accurate sense
of how self is perceived by others
Self-acceptance The development of a positive attitude
toward self, marked by an ability to
acknowledge areas of experience that had
been the subject of self-criticism and
rejection Self
Self-actualization Moving in the direction of fulfilling
potential or achieving an integration of
previously conflicting parts of self
Enlightenment Assisting the client to arrive at a higher
state of spiritual awakening
Problem-Solving Finding a solution to a specific problem that
the client had not been able to resolve alone
and acquiring a general competence in
problem-solving
Psychological Education Enabling the client to acquire ideas and
techniques with which to understand and
control behavior
Acquisition of Social Skills Learning and mastering social and
interpersonal skills such as maintenance of
eye contact, turn-taking in conversations,
assertiveness, or anger control
Cognitive Change The modification or replacement of
irrational beliefs or maladaptive thought
patterns associated with selfdestructive
behavior
, philosophy, teenage problems, loss, frustration, tension, vocation, studies, and others. In
terms of family therapy, problems include divorce, family dynamics, life changes,
miscommunication, envy, money issues, parenting, remarriage, and others. The 4754-15
Scope of Practice for Licensed Professional Counselors is a more focused topic relevant to
the quality of advice. This covers the privileges and duties of licensed lawyers, including the
following:
Licensed Professional Counselors may for a fee, salary, or other considerations
1. Afford counseling services to individuals, groups, organizations, or the general public
comprising of application of clinical counseling principles, methods or procedures to
assist individuals in realizing effective personal, social, educational or career
development and adjustment.
2. “Apply clinical counseling principles, methods and procedures,” means an approach to
counseling that emphasizes the counselor’s role in systematically assisting clients through
all of the following: assessing and analyzing emotional conditions, exploring possible
solutions and developing and providing a treatment plan for mental and emotional
adjustment or development. It may include counseling, appraisal, consulting, supervision,
administration, and referral.
3. Engage in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders when under
the supervision of a professional clinical counselor, psychologist, psychiatrist,
independent marriage and family therapist or independent social worker.
4. Provide training supervision for student and registered counselor trainees when
services are within their scope of practice, which does not include supervision of the
diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders.
1. What do you think about this statement? Do you accept or support it? How will it empower
you? Explain your answer.
2. Write your answer in the box.
Notes Box
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V. REFLECTION I
understand that In their notebook the learners will write their
_________________ personal understandings about the lesson.
______. I realize
that 1. All things that they have learned.
_________________ 2. Two questions that they need to clarify.
___________. 3. One question that they still have in mind.