AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

DISCIPLINE AND IDEAS IN THE APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES

 Peterson and Nesenholz (1987) identified 11 major areas
namely:
1. Child development and counseling
2. Adolescent development and counseling
3. Marital Relationship Counseling
Counselors are
4. Health
practically found in
all spheres of human 5. Career/Lifestyle
development, 6. College and university
transitions and 7. Drugs
caregiving. 8. Consultation
9. Business and industry
10.Other specialties
 Includes:
 Parent education
 Preschool counseling
Child  Early childhood education
Development  Elementary school counseling
and  Child counseling in mental health
agencies
Counseling
 Counseling with battered and abused
children and their families
 Includes:
 Middle and high school counseling
 Psychological education
Adolescent  Career development specialist
Development  Adolescent counseling in mental health
and agencies
Counseling  Youth work in a residential facility
 Youth probation officer
 Considered as the fastest growing field and
involves senior citizens.
This includes:
 Pre-retirement counseling
 Community centers
Gerontology  counseling
 Nursing home counseling
 Hospice work
 Includes:
 Pre-marital counseling
 Marriage counseling
Marital  Family counseling
Relationship  Sex education
Counseling  Sexual dysfunction counseling
 Divorce meditation
 Includes:
 Nutrition counseling
 Exercise and health education
 Nurse-counselor

Health  Rehabilitation counseling

 Stress management counseling
 Holistic health counseling
 Anorexia or bulimia counseling
 Genetic counseling
 Includes:
 Guidance on choices and decision-making pertaining to career or lifestyle
 Guidance on career development
 Provision of educational and occupational info to clients
 Career and lifestyle trends education
 Provision of various forms of vocational assessment appropriate to a setting
 Addressing career and life dev’t needs of special population
 Appropriate career services in given settings
 Facilitation of work-related activities
Career/Lifestyle  Information dissemination of current career
 Giving assistance to clients on developing skills necessary to plan, organize,
implement, administer, and evaluate clients own career and development
 Vocational education
 Occupational and labor market information
 Facilitating understanding of the interrelationships among work
 Orientation on life roles such as diversity and gender
 Identification of characteristics and behaviors that influence career
 Provision of needed skills in managing or going through job interviews
 Includes:
 College student counseling
 Student activities
College and  Student personnel work

University  Residential hall or dormitory

counselor
 Counselor educator
 Includes:
 Substance abuse counseling
 Alcohol counseling
 Drug counseling
Drugs  Stop smoking program
manager
 Crisis intervention counseling
 Includes:
 Agency and corporate
consulting
 Organizational development
Consultation director
 Industrial psychology
specialist
 Training manager
 Includes:
 Training and development personnel
 Quality and work-life/ quality circles
Business manager
 Employee assistance programs
and manager
industry  Employee career dev’t officer
 Affirmative action
 Equal opportunity specialist
 Includes:
 Phobia counseling
 Agoraphobia
Other  Self-management
 Intrapersonal management
Specialties
 Interpersonal relationships
management
 Grief counseling
  Mika wants to know what course
she is to take in college.
College and University

The “What”?  Manager Dina wants to know what

Area of type of training will she give to her
Specialization subordinates to enable them to
meet company targets.
Consultation
  Alewin and Marty want to know how to
deal with their son, Reymark, who is
always getting into trouble not only at
school but as well as their residence.
Child Development and Counseling
The “What”?
Area of  Rianneth and Loumark’s marriage is
on the rocks. They are not getting
Specialization
along each other anymore but they
still want to work things out.
Marital Relationship Counseling
  Erwin and Arty are juvenile
delinquents. They always get into riots.
Many times they have been called to
the principal’s office for vandalism,
smoking and drunk attendance.
The “What”? Adolescent Development and
Area of Counseling
Specialization
 Deswin and Jenylou are two senior
citizens who have fear of death.
Marital Relationship Counseling