DIASS

• Social Science is the systematic study of a social phenomena and the study of human behavior and society.
• Applied Social Science is the application of theories to societal problems and it combines theories to address a wide range of contemporary issues.
• The three main career tracks for Applied Social Science are Counseling, Social Work, and Communication.
• Counseling provides healing, courage, and strength.
• Social Work promotes social change.
• Communication provides the accessibility to information and the right of individuals to be informed and heard by their communities.
• Counseling as a science refers to the skills the counselor has developed as a result of training that he/she has taken.
• Counseling as an art becomes part of the counselor’s natural affective and relational qualities.
• Counseling is the process of guiding a person during a state of life.
• Guidance Counseling Licensure Examination is a Master’s Degree in Guidance and Counseling.
• Psychology assesses, diagnoses, and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.
• Psychiatry is a specialization in the treatment of mentally ill by medically trained professionals who use clinical interventions (drugs).
• Formal Counseling is done by professionals.
• Informal Counseling is done by your friends/family.
• Basic Concepts of Counseling include Family, Peers, and Neighborhood.
• Family refers to parents, siblings, and members of a household who influence heavily a child’s attitude, values, and norms.
• Peers refer to friends and their extended influence on an individual who depend on their affirmation, security, and approval for acceptance.
• Respect in counseling is about professionalism and no bias judgement.
• Culture provides meaning of coherence of life to any orderly life such as community and organization.
• Developing trust is a process factor in counseling.
• Reassurance is a function of counseling that empowers the client to function normally again or to take control on their own lives.
• Helping to maintain change is a process factor in counseling.
• Helping to set goals is a process factor in counseling.
• Agreeing when to end the helping relationship is a process factor in counseling.
• Empowering into action is a process factor in counseling.
• Release of Emotional Tension is a function of counseling that leads the client to be more clear, logical, sensible and relaxed.
• Clarification, Confrontation and Interpretation in counseling involve restating and reframing.
• Listening Skills in counseling are about understanding and identifying the concerns being presented.
• Exploring problem areas is a process factor in counseling.
• Advice is one of the possible functions that counseling may provide, although not for all cases.
• Transference in counseling is when negative feelings are projected to the therapist.
• Countertransference in counseling are the feelings a therapist may develop for clients, including not having boundaries and bias.
• Empathy and Positive Regard in counseling are about compassion and understanding.
• Reorientation is a function of counseling that changes the emotional self and looks at the reality of life and sets basic goals.
• Clarified Thinking is a function of counseling that releases the emotional aspect.
• Neighborhood refers to where your house is located, and it can introduce additional strengths.