Professionals and Practitioners in Counseling (DIASS)

• Who are counselors?

  Professionally trained individuals who help clients by engaging them in the counseling process
• What approach do counselors use to help clients?

  They use an integrated approach to maximize potentials and plan the future according to abilities, interests, and needs
• What are the areas of specialization for counselors?

  • School
  • Clinical Mental Health
  • Marriage, Couple, Family
  • Student Affairs and College
  • Addiction
  • Rehabilitation
  • Pastoral
• What are the key competencies required for counselors?

  • Listening
  • Empathy
  • Genuineness
  • Unconditional Regard
  • Concreteness
  • Open Questions
  • Self-Disclosure
  • Interpretation
  • Information Giving and Removing Obstacles to Change
• What do ethics in counseling refer to?

  Collectively agreed-upon “correct” behaviors in the context of a professional group
• What are the responsibilities of counselors?

  • Boundaries
  • Client Autonomy
  • Client Safety
  • Confidentiality
  • Contracting
  • Counseling Supervision or Consultative Support
  • Counselor Competence
  • Research
  • Responsibilities to Colleagues, Members of the Caring Profession, Community, Self
• What are some examples of unethical behaviors in counseling?

  • Violations of Confidentiality
  • Exceeding level of competence
  • Negligent Practice
  • Claiming unpossessed expertise
  • Imposing values on a client
  • Sexual activity with client
  • Dual relationships
  • Questionable financial agreement arrangements
  • Improper advertising
  • Plagiarism of research
• What is expected of professional counselors regarding objectivity?

  They are expected to maintain a high degree of objectivity when working
• What guides professional counselors in their practice?

  They are guided by rules and regulations
• What strategies do professional counselors use?

  They use strategies and techniques to promote personal growth and development
• How do informal helpers differ from professional counselors?

  • No need for high degree of objectivity
  • Help people by personal rules
  • Not formally equipped with standardized strategies or approaches
• Who do counselors work in partnerships with?

  • Parents
  • School authorities
  • Communities
  • Organizations
  • Peers
• What are the types of counseling?

  • Individual
  • Group
  • Multiple
  • Couple
  • Family
  • Community
• What are the categories of counseling?

  • Addictions
  • Career
  • Child and Adolescent
  • Community
  • Correctional
  • Couples and Family
  • Crisis
  • Employment
  • Gerontology
  • Group
  • Mental Health
  • Multicultural
  • Pastoral
  • Rehabilitation
  • School
• What general services do counselors provide?

  • Counseling
  • Orientation and Information
  • Psychological Testing
  • Follow-up
  • Career Development and Placement
  • Individual Inventory
  • Referral
  • Research and Evaluation