THE DISCIPLINES OF

COUNSELING
GROUP 1
What is the meaning
of counseling?
DEFINITION OF COUNSELING

• Give professional help and advice to

(someone) to resolve personal or
psychological problems.
• Derived from the latin word “Consilium”
which means consultation, advice.
•What is the meaning of
Discipline?
DEFINITION OF DISCIPLINE

• The practice of training people to obey

rules or a code of behavior, using
punishment to correct disobedience.
• Derived from the latin word “Discipulus”
or “Disciplina” which means instruction or
knowledge
What is the meaning of
“the discipline of
counseling”?
THE DEFINITION OF DISCIPLINE IN COUNSELLING

• The process of guiding a person during a

stage of life when reassessments or
decisions have to be made about himself
or herself and his or her life course.
• to broaden ones’ point of view in making
decisions.
GOAL OF DISCIPLINE OF COUNSELLING

• Facilitating behavior change.

• improving the client’s ability to establish and maintain relationships.
• enhancing the client’s effectiveness and ability to cope.
• Promoting the decision-making process and facilitating client
potential.
• Development.
The main goal of Counselling is aimed at empowering the client.
THE SCOPE OF COUNSELING

Individual Counseling
• Adolescent identity, concerns, teen-parent
relationships, peer relationships
• Anxiety
• Anger management
• children’s concerns within the family unit,
sibling relationships, school experiences, peer
relationships
• Depression
• Family of origin dynamics and issues
• Gender: identity, sexuality, homosexuality
• Grief and bereavement
• Relationships: personal and interpersonal
dynamics
• Sexual abuse recovery
• Seniors: challenges, limitations, transitions
• Singles: single, newly single, single through
divorce or being widowed
• Spirituality
• Stress management
• Workplace stress and relationships
• Young adult: identity, relationships, vocation
THE SCOPE OF COUNSELING

Marital and Pre-marital Counseling

• Marital and relational dynamics

• Extended family relationships
• Fertility issues
THE SCOPE OF COUNSELING

Family Counseling
• Adolescent and child behaviors within family dynamics
• Adult children
• Divorce and separation issues and adjustment
• Family dynamics: estrangement, conflict, communication
• Family of origin / extended family issues
• Life stages and transitions
• Parenting patterns: blended, single, co-parenting families
• Remarriage relationship counselling
CORE VALUES OF COUNSELING

• Respect for human dignity

• Partnership
• Autonomy
• Responsible caring
• Personal integrity
• Social justice
PRINCIPLES OF COUNSELING
• Advice
• Clarified thinking

• Clarification, confrontation and interpretation

• Listening skills
• Reassurance
• Release of emotional tension
• Reorientation
• Respect empathy and positive regard

• Transference and countertransference

REFERENCES

• http://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Disciplines-and-Ideas-in-the-
Applied-Social-Sciences.pdf
• https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/What-are-the-goals-of-counseling
• https://prezi.com/hbztxh-r47bt/the-discipline-of-counseling/