Counselling

COUNSELIN
G PRESENTED BY:
Ms.Pinki Sharma
M.Sc.(N) Prev Yr
INTRODUCTION:
“In education our goal is guidance, our technique
among others is counselling.”- has been aptly said by
David. V.Tiedeman. counselling is said to be the core
of the entire guidance programme. ‘counselling’
denotes, “giving of advice”. It is a wider procedure
concerned with emotion as well as giving information.
DEFINITION:
 Webster’s dictionary defines

counselling as “ consultation, mutual
interchange of opinions, deliberating
together”.
CONT….
 Mere . M.Ohlsen (1977) writes : “counselling is
an accepting, trusting and safe relationship in
which clients learn to discuss openly what
worries and upsets them, to define precise
behaviour goals, to acquire the essential social
skills, and to develop the courage and self-
confidence to implement desired new
behaviours”.
CONT….
 Hahn and Maclean (1955) define “counselling
as a process which takes place in a one-to-one
relationship between an individual beset by
problems with which he cannot cope alone and
a professional worker whose training and
experience have qualified him to help others
reach solutions to various types of personal
difficulties”.
CONT….
 Blocker (1966) explains it as, “helping an
individual became aware of himself and the
ways in which he is reacting to the behavioural
influences of his environment. It further helps
him to establish some personal meaning for
this behaviour and for further behaviour”.

SCOPE OF COUNSELLING SERVICES:
 It helps the students in selection of educational courses.

 Profitable occupations.
 Job placement.
 Higher education and training.
 Selection of improvement of study skills and study habits
formation.
 Maintenance of mental health.
 Helps the students to achieve maximum efficiency in meeting
their needs.
 Individual services will be provided.
 Granting loans, scholarships.
CONT….
 Handling disciplines cases.
 Selection of room-mates.
 Advice on students activities and programmes.
 Helping the students to choose vocational objectives.
 Selecting optional courses to the study.
 Concerns about educational progress.
 Course programme planning.
 Financial and health matters.
 Problems of family.
 Social, educational, vocational, avocational, personal, moral,
marital are the context of counsel
PURPOSE
Counselling is engaged in for the purpose of:
 Assisting the individual in the interpretation of his personal
data.
 Helping the individual in the identification of his major
problems-vocational, educational and personal.
 Assisting the individual in the planning of possible solutions
to the problems.
 Helping the individual make a start towards carrying out his
plans.
 Providing assistance in necessary modifications of the plans.
NEED OF COUNSELLING:
 To help the client to accept actual or impending changes that

is resulting from stress. It involves psychological, emotional,
intellectual and spiritual support.
 To foster cognitive, behavioural, developmental, and
emotional growth in clients.
 To encourage the client to examine the available alternatives
and to decide or directs which choices are appropriate and
useful for problem salvation.
 To develop a sense of control for better management of
stress. It provides an opportunity for emotional release and
to discuss the ways of coping with problems.
 To relieve distress among people who are reacting to difficult
circumstances.
 To change the behaviour by reducing the stress or risk.
 It helps the counselee to acquire independence and a sense of
responsibility.
 It helps the client to explore and fully utilize his potentialities
and actualize himself.
 It provides information for the student on matters important
to success.
 Establishes mutual relationship and understanding between
counsellor (teacher) and counselee (student)
 Helps the students to know him better i.e. his
interests, aptitudes and opportunities.
 To encourage and develop special abilities and right
attitudes.
 To inspire successful endeavour towards attainment.
 To assist the students in planning for educational and
vocational choices.
 To help the student to work out a plan for solving his
difficulties.
 To inspire successful endeavour towards
attainment.
 Helps in the total development of the student.
 The counsellor must expect and accept the
difference in the students understands them and
plan the solutions.
 It helps in the proper choice of course according
to the interest, aptitude and intelligence of the
student.
 To help the students to grow, explore and
maintain or develop their overall personality.
 To develop readiness for choices and changes,
to face new challenges
 To help foe efficient use of manpower.
 To motivate the students for self employment.
 The fresher will be helped to establish a proper
identity.
 To help the students in the period of confusion
or turmoil.
 To help the students in the checking wastage
and stagnation.
 To help the students in need of special help.
 To minimize the incidence of indiscipline this is
leading to destructive activity and social
damage.
PRINCIPLES OF COUNSELLING:
 Tailor-made to the requirement of an individual’s

problem.
 Emphasizes thinking with the individual.
 Avoid dictatorial attitude.
 Maintains relationship of trust and confidence with
the client.
 Client’s need is to be put first.
 Everyone participating in the counselling process
must feel comfortable.
 The client’s family members and significant influencing
personnel must be included in counselling process.
 Skills of warmth, friendliness, openness and empathy
are ingredients of successful counselling process.
 Counsellor has to listen attentively, answer questions
objectively, and reinforce important information.
 Let the client make voluntary informed decision.
 Maintain dignity of individual as individual is primary
concern in counselling,
ASSIGNMENT
FILL UP THE BLANKS:

 Counselling is _________ mutual interchange of opinions, deliberating
together”.
 Counselling helps to foster_________, __________,
&____________growth in clients.
 Establishes mutual relationship and understanding between____________
& _____________
 According to the principle of counselling _________is to be put first.
 Maintains relationship of and with the client while
counselling.

SHORT ANSWERS QUESTIONS:
Q.1 What are the ingredients of successful counselling process?
Q.2 Enlist the purposes of counselling?
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
 Kochhar.S.K, Guidance and Counselling in colleges and

universities, (1984), New Delhi : Sterling publishers pvt.
Ltd. (pp :14-18)
 Tandon.P.D, Educational Guidance, (2004), Jaipur :

Shweta arts (p : 87)
 Neerja KP, Text book of nursing education, (2003), New

Delhi : Jaypee brothers medical publishers (p) LTD,
(pp :463-466)
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COUNSELIN

 Webster’s dictionary defines

 It helps the students in selection of educational courses.

 To help the client to accept actual or impending changes that

 Tailor-made to the requirement of an individual’s

FILL UP THE BLANKS:

 Kochhar.S.K, Guidance and Counselling in colleges and

 Tandon.P.D, Educational Guidance, (2004), Jaipur :

 Neerja KP, Text book of nursing education, (2003), New

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