It is a time of change...

Often its great, but there can be tough times

too
finding

friends
settling into a new environment
difficulties with concentration
new challenges
family difficulties
traumatic experiences

Tough times can lead

to different reactions
anxiety

depression

difficulty concentrating
family tensions

social anxiety
problem alcohol use
eating disorders

lack of motivation
obsessive behaviour

perfectionism

difficulty sleeping
phobias

addiction

relationship problems

suicidal thoughts

self-harm

We can all experience different

aspects of these reactions at times
The question is:
how

severe?
how persistent?
impact on daily life?

Why talk to a counsellor?

Counsellors are different
from friends and family
they are outside your daily life
will not judge, criticise or make assumptions
neutral
only source of information about you is you

Why talk to a counsellor?

You might need:
space

to talk
no pressure
professional advice

Counselling can help

to ...
understand oneself
acknowledge feelings
work through them
change negative patterns
consider options
make choices

It might
make me
worse
Suppose I
wont know
what to
say?
Maybe I
wont
like the
counsell
or you
Once

Does going to a
counsellor mean
Im a failure? What
would
I might
my
get
friends
upset

I dont want to
be reminded of
how bad I feel

think?

concerns when
thinking about
counselling

Its like
saying Im
weak
I feel
ashamed of
my
problems

start
counselling
it never
ends

Counsellin
g could
get in the
way of my
studies

I can sort
my
problems on
my own

I dont want
to talk to a
I really
stranger
must be in
a bad way

No-one can
understand
how I feel

If I go to
counselling
will it all be
sorted?

Coming to counselling
takes courage it involves facing yourself
Counselling is a commitment
of time and energy
Counselling is an investment in
you

MEANING OF
Counselling is the service offered to the individual
COUNSELLING
who is under going a problem and needs

professional help to overcome it.

The problem keeps him disturbed high strung and
under tension and unless solved his development
is hampered or stunted.
Counseling therefore is a more specialized service
requiring training in personality development and
handling exceptional groups of individuals

Meaning Of Counseling
A supportive and empathic professional

relationship that provides a framework for the

exploration of emotions, behaviors, and
thinking patterns, and the facilitation of
healthy changes.
Counseling is directed towards people
experiencing difficulties as they live through
the normal stages of life-span development.

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Counseling- Definitions
Counseling is consultation, mutual

interchange of opinions or deliberating

together.
Websters Dictionary

Counseling- Definitions
An effort to help the client engage in those types of

behavior which will lead to a resolution of the clients

problems.
(Krumboltz, 1965)

Counseling denotes a professional relationship between a

trained counselor and a client. Relationship is usually personto-person, and is designed to help clients to understand and
clarify their views of their life space, and to learn to reach
their self-determined goals through meaningful, wellinformed choices and through resolution of problem.
(Burks & Stefflre, 1979)

Counseling- Definitions
An interaction in which the
counselor offers another person
the time, attention, and respect
necessary to explore, discover
and clarify ways of living more
resourcefully, and to his or her
greater well-being.
(The BAC, 1999)

Counseling- Definitions
Counseling is a series of direct contacts with the

individual which aims to offer him assistance in

changing his attitudes and behavior
Carl Regers
Counseling is the relationship between two persons
in which one of them attempts to assist the other in
so organizing himself as to attain a particular form of
happiness adjustment to a life situation or in short
self actualization. Counseling always involves a one
to one relationship, that is client and one guidance
worker in a formal or an informal interview situation.
James Michael and N.J. Pattan

According to Willey and Andrew Counseling is

a mental learning process. Counseling

involves two individuals one seeking help and
other a professionally trained person helping
the first to orient and direct him towards a
goals which leads to his maximum
development and growth in his environment.

What counseling is not?

Giving advice
Teaching
Psychotherapy
Guidance

Three levels of
Counseling
Informal Counseling: Can be done without
training by elders
Non specialist Counseling: Done as a part of
the work of teacher
Professional Counseling: Restricted to the
practice by a fully trained professional ,
usually known as a counsellor

Principles of counseling
Dedicated to self direction and self realization of

the client or the student

Development of the insights and understanding of
the relations of self and environment
Structured learning situation
Methods vary with the need of the client
Primarily a preventive and remedial process
Voluntary for the student

Counseling- Nature
Counseling is aimed at helping people make

choices and act on them.

Counselors are the people who listen to others
and help to resolve difficulties.
Counselor develops a relationship which is based
on unconditional positive regard and trust.

Counseling- Nature
Counseling is a process in which the counselor and

the clients involve themselves in a psychological

process to solve problems.
The counseling is designed to help people make
choices and solve problems.
The counseling helps in recognizing ones potential
and to use this potential in an effective way.

CounselingCharacteristics
It is a purposeful learning experience for the client
or the subject or the counselee.
It is a private interview between the counselor and
the client
It is one to one relationship based upon the mutual
confidence
The counseling process is structured round the felt
needs of the counselee
The main emphasis in the whole of the counseling
process is on the counselees self direction and self
acceptance

Aims and Objectives of Counseling

Counseling aims at helping the clients understand and accept themselves as

they are, And counseling is to help the student to help himself.

The main objective of counseling is to bring about a voluntary change in the
client. For this purpose the counselor provides facilities to help achieve the
desired change or make the suitable choice.
According to Dunsmoor and miller, the purpose of student counseling are 1. To give the student information on matters important to success.
2. To get information about student which will be of help in solving his
problems.
3. To establish a feeling of mutual understanding between student and teacher.
4. To help the student work out a plan for solving his difficulties.
5. To help the student know himself better-his interests, abilities, aptitudes, and
opportunities.
6. To encourage and develop special abilities and right attitudes.
7. To inspire successful endeavor toward attainment.
8. To assist the student in planning for educational and vocational choices.

 The basic aims of counselling include the following:

1. To help students gain an insight into the origins and

development of emotional difficulties, leading to an

increased capacity to take rational control over feelings and
actions.
2. To alter maladjusted behaviour.
3. To assist students to move in the direction of fulfilling
their potential, or achieve an integration of conflicting
elements within themselves
4. To provide students with the skills, awareness and
knowledge, which will enable them to confront social
inadequacy