Lesson 1 in Discipine and Ideas in Applied Social Sciences(lessons and

activities)
1. 1. By: JMA Salvilla Lesson 2 (120 minutes) Disciplines and Ideas in the Applied Social
Sciences
2. 2. Topic: Counseling - The Discipline of Counseling
3. 3. Introduce yourself to the group: Name Where you are from Your Organization Your Job
Title and Responsibility (Name Tag)
4. 4. What do you think you are going to learn in this Lesson?
5. 5. • At the end of the lesson, the learners will be able to: • 1. develop a comprehensive
definition of counseling as an applied social science; • 2. describe the context involved in
counseling; • 3. identify the principles of counseling; • 4. clarify how different factors
contribute to successful counseling based on the concepts and principles of counseling; • 5.
determine life situations that are within the goals and scope of professional counseling; • 6.
demonstrate how core values of counseling can be infused in counseling sessions.
6. 6. How do you define counseling?
7. 7. Definition of Counseling: - 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.
8. 8. Counseling is not the same thing as giving advice (making recommendations) Counseling
helps clients to make their own decisions.
9. 9. Discussion Point: How is counseling different to interviewing?
10. 10. Interviewing is: collecting information for a specific use as opposed to counseling which
involves assisting clients to understand their emotions and reactions to a situation.
11. 11. Discipline of counseling: * application of psychological theories * and recognized set of
communication skills * appropriate to the client Clients - person/s in a demoralized,
distressed , or in a negative state of mind Counseling methods: face-to-face dialog, group
work, telephone, email, or other written materials.
12. 12. • Goals of Counseling: - Empowering a client - Emancipation from a felt problem - Client
to attain insight and understanding of oneself - Client to develop skills and abilities that
require self-management
13. 13. What are the important points to remember when we provide counseling?
14. 14. List one thing new that you understand today…
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15. 15. Context and the Basic Concepts of Counseling: 1. Peers as context 2. Neighborhood as
context 3. Culture as context 4. Counseling as context a. Client Factors b. Counselor Factor
c. Contextual Factors d. Process Factors 6 Stages in the Process of counseling 1.
Developing Trust 2. Exploring problem areas 3. Helping to set goals 4. Empowering into
action 5. Helping to maintain change 6. Agreeing when to end the helping relationship
16. 16. Read page 35-Intro to Counseling “The Six Step Process” Each Learner to expound one
topic.
17. 17. Scope of Counseling: - application of some psychological theories and recognized
communication skills. Principle of Counseling: