Goals of Counselling

5 Major Goals Facilitating Behavior Change Improving Relationships Enhancing Coping skills Promoting Decision Making( Why and how

decisions, problems during decision making) Facilitating the client’s Potential.

( Maximize an individuals possible freedom within limits set by him and his environment and also control the environment).

Commonality of Goals The goals are decided by both Counselor and Client. The 5 goals stated reflect only counsellor’s needs

instead of Clent’s All the Goals seem to recognize the broader goal of

helping the client to feel better, to function at a higher level, to achieve more and to live up to his her potential.

Focus of all goals is the achievements of personal effectiveness that is both satisfactory to individual and within society’s limitation.

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Role Of A Counsellor Enhance teachers’ sensitivity to student

problem. Demonstrate the application of

Psychological principles of learning to human problem solving.

Improve the effectiveness of academic faculty in institutions of higher learning.

Women High risk students Old Age People

Counsellor as a person Personal Qualities Professional Knowledge. Specific Counselling skills.

Personal Characteristics Of Counsellor

Deep Interest in People Patience Sensitivity Emotional sanity Respect

BY National Vocational Guidance Association

Belief in each individual Commitment to individual values. Alertness to the world Open mindness Understanding of self Professional Commitment

BY Association for Counsellor Education and Supervision

Dependable Friendly Worthy Self-revealing Self-Concealing Attractive Friendly Inspires Confidence

By Comb and Soper

Composite Model of Human Effectiveness i.e Personal

Characteristics of Effective Counsellors

Open and accept their own experiences. They are aware of their own values

and beliefs Able to develop warm and deep

relationship with others They allow themselves to be seen by

others as they actually are. Accept personal responsibility for their

own behaviour. Aim for realistic levels of aspirations.

Values in Counselling 1) Social Change(Nuclear families,

Working Women, Ascending Education)

2) Anxiety for Modernazitaion (Industialization has increased crime alienation in youth, disrespect for elders)

3) Technology progress ( Unemployment)

4) Generation Gap 5) Women

Influence of Counsellors values on Client

1) Williamson views- Open orientation and explicit values-Counsellor not to be neutal2) Smlor views-Change in values is Counselling-Counsellor interventions are to be accepted.-As these values make the relation

stronger of the both.

3) Patterson-Counsellors values effect the ethics of

counselling relation.-No matter how valueless the

counsellor appears, the clients’ value system is influenced by the value system of counsellor and becomes similar.

But Patterson suggests that counsellors are not justified to directly impose their values because:

-Each individuals’ philosophy on life is different, unique and unsuited to adopted by other.

-All counsellors cannot be expected to have a fully developed, adequate philosophy.

-The appropriate places for instruction in values are the homes, schools and religious institutions.

-An individual develops a code of ethics not from a single source or in short period but over a long period and from many sources.

-No one ought to be prevented from developing his/her own unique philosophy since it will be meaningful for him.

-The client must have the right to refuse or accept any ethics or values