Chapter 1

The Problem and Its Setting

Introduction

Counseling is a collaborative effort between the counselor and client.

Professional counselors help clients identify goals and potential solutions to

problems which cause emotional turmoil; seek to improve communication and

coping skills; strengthen self-esteem; and promote behavior change and optimal

mental health. (https://www.counseling.org/aca-community/learn-about-

counseling/what-is-counseling)

Counseling is a profession dedicated to helping people experiencing both

situational and long-term problems. Learn more about counseling theories and

experience the roles of both the client and the counselor.

Counseling, often referred to as therapy, has developed significantly through

research and treatment experience by counseling psychologists and psychiatrists.

Treatment methods and techniques have been developed through more recent

counseling theories. (https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-counseling-

lesson-quiz.html)

According to the American Counseling Association, counseling is defined as, "a

professional relationship that empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to

accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and career goals." Counseling involves

helping people make needed changes in ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving, and

is a goal-based collaborative process, involving a non-judgmental, supportive

counselor who works with a client in telling his or her story, setting viable goals, and

developing strategies and plans necessary to accomplish these goals. For some people

this process takes a small amount of time, in some cases as little as one or two

sessions; for others, the process may last longer.

An extremely important part of counseling is confidentiality, which means that the

information discussed in session will be accessible only by you and your counselor,

with a few exceptions. (http://www.sfasu.edu/counselingservices/182.asp)

According to Jones, “Guidance involves personal help given by someone; it is

designed to assist the individual to decide where he wants to go, what he wants to

do and how best he can accomplish his purpose”. For Jones, guidance is giving that

can help someone.

According to Moser, “Guidance is a term with many meanings. It is a point of

view a group of services, a field of study which we should be required to choose one

of the emphasized service would pre-dominate”. Guidance has different way on

helping an individual.

For Traxler, “Guidance is a process of enabling each individual to understand

his abilities and interest to develop them as well as possible and to relate them to

life goals and finally to reach a state of complete and matured self-guidance as a

desirable human element of the social order.” Guidance helps every individual to

achieve a goal which is to have a positive outlook in life.

 According to Dunsmoor and Miller, “Guidance is a means of helping

individuals to understand and use wisely the educational, vocational and personal

opportunities they have or can develop and as a form of systematic assistance

whereby students are aided in achieving satisfactory adjustment to school and in

life”. Guidance is the way on helping individuals to be contented.

For Knapp, “The elements of guidance are learning about the individual

student, helping him to understand himself, effecting changes in him and in his

environment which will help him to grow and develop as much as possible.”

Guidance helps individual to know himself more.

(http://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/education/guidance/educational-guidance-

meaning-definition-and-scope/63664)

Guidance and counseling are the process wherein a professional or a

guidance counselor helps an individual to come up with the best solution possible.

Also a professional guidance counselor helps every individual to understands

himself and achieve the satisfaction and contentment they seek.

Statement of the Problem

The researchers aim to find out the effects of stress to the physical well-being of

Grade10 students in Gerona Junior College

Specifically it aims to answer the following:

1. What are the common problems that causes the students to be stress?

2. How do the students handle their problems?

 3. What is the implication of the said study to the society?

Significance of the Study

This study tries to identify the effect of stress to the physical well-being of the Grade

10 students in GJC.

The following will benefits from the study:

 Students: They will get information in the study about why they are stress and

give them tips on how to handle their problems.

 Teachers: They will know why the students are stress and help them have an

idea on how to limit the factors that causes the students to be stress.

 Parents: They will know what causes stress on their children and they will be

aware of the safety of their children.

 Other Researchers: They will gain additional knowledge and information that

will help them on their study.

Scope and Delimitation

The study is all about the effects of stress to the physical well-being of Grade

10 students in Gerona Junior College. The study aims to find out the effects of stress

to the physical well-being of the students.

The study will be conducted at Gerona Junior College Inc. , Gerona, Tarlac for the

whole month of January-February, 2019. It will tries to find out the causes of stress,

ways to handle problems, and the implication of the study to the society. The

respondents of this study are 15 Grade 10 students of Gerona Junior College.

Convenience sampling was used in choosing the respondents. The researcher

observed that the students have many school works and performances that is why

they were chosen as respondents. Data gathering will be done by interviewing the

selected respondents.