COUNSELLING

• Nystul (2003) basically an art

and a science wherein you
endeavor to weigh the objective
and subjective facets of the
counselling process.
• Counselling is an art is the
subjective dimensions of
• It upholds a flexible and creative process
as whereby counselors modifies the
approach to meet the developing needs
of the clients.
• ct of giving oneself and being
compassionate in counselling process.
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• Counselling as a science, is the objective
dimensions of the counselling process.
• It is about counselors who discerning and
possessess skilss to formulate objective
observations and inferences ( Nystul, 2003)
• At and science of counselling signifies and
intensification of the scientist practioners model
or the boulder model( Myers, 2007).
• The model indicates an
integration of the art and science
in counselling which shapes
guidelines that combine science
and practice.
• oals of counselling
• Primary goal of counselling is to help
people utilize their prevailing social
skills and problem solving skills more
functionally or to cultivate new
surviving and coping skills.
• Detailed and Expansive counseling
goals have been identified by Gibson
and Mitchell (2003), which are as
follows:
• 1.Development Goals - assist in
meeting or advancing the client’s
human growth and development
including social, personal, emotional,
2.Preventive Goals - help the
clients avoid some undesired
outcome
3. Enhancement Goals -
enhance special skills and
abilities.
• 4.Remedial goals - assisting a client to
overcome and threat an undesirable
development.
• 5.Exploratory goals - examining options,
testing of sklls, trying new and different
activities.
• 6.Reinforcement Goals - help clients
recognizing that what they are doing,
thinking, and feeling is fine.
• 7.Cognitive goals - involves aquiring
the basic foundation of learning and
cognitive skills
• 8.8. Psychological Goals - involves
aquiring the basic understanding and
habits for good health.
•9.Psychological Goals - aids in
eveloping social interaction
skills learning emotional
control, and developing
positive self- concept.
 list of counselling goals by McLeod
1. Insight
2. relating with others
3. self- awareness
4. self- acceptance
5. self- actualization
6. enlightenment
7. problem solving
8. psychological education
9. aquisition of social skills
10. behavior change
11. systematic change
12. empowerment
13. restitutons

14. generativity