DIASS 2

• The Discipline of Counseling
• Counseling Definition


  Derived from the word "consilium" meaning to give and advice, creating a wholesome relationship between the counselor and counselee.a collaborative process wherein the counselor takes a passive position of listening, as the counselee is encouraged to articulate himself until he clarifies his thinking to consider various steps in solving his own problem
• Counseling: Goals


  • Provides a change in attitude or behavior in a person
  • Helps in preventing the development of a problem into a more complicated one
  • Encourages expression, release of emotion while there is a provision of support in times of problem in order to stimulate growth of ideas from the client
  • Helps the counselee/client to feel relieve and his emotional burden lightened as he clarifies his thoughts
  • Helps the client/counselee to come up with a solution to his pressing problem
• Counseling: Scope


  • Individual Counseling
  • Marital and Pre-Marital Counseling
  • Family 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
• Marital and Pre-Marital Counseling


  • Marital and relational dynamics
  • Extended family relationships
  • Fertility issues
• 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 counseling
• Counseling: Core Values


  • Professional - offer a safe, empathic, professional and ethical service
  • Respectful - consistently respectful of your human rights, dignity and accepting
  • Responsive - work with you holistically
  • Fairness - treat the client fairly with the utmost integrity
  • Confidential - professionally manage and respect the right to privacy and confidentiality
  • Commitment - committed to partaking in activities for own continuous professional and personal development
  • Maintaining the best interest of the client