Basic info of counselling

1. COUNSELLING

2. DEFINITION:
 Counselling is a process of helping
individuals or group of people to gain
self-understanding in order to themselves.
 Counselling provides an opportunity
for children to talk in confidence about
things that are worrying tem or affecting
their day to day life.

3. TYPES:
During counselling a free atmosphere is
allowed and freedom of speech is encouraged.
The counselees are free to express themselves
and their feelings.
There are two types of counselling. They are,
 Individual counselling.
 Group counselling.

4. INDIVIDUAL COUNSELLING:
 It is referred to as one to one counselling.
It occurs between the professionally trained
counsellor and his/her client.
 The goal of this counselling is to help the
client to understand himself, clarify and
direct his thought in oreder to make a
worthwhile decision.

5. GROUP COUNSELLING:
 This is a counselling session that takes
place between the professionally trained
counsellor and a group of people.
 Number of this group should not be
more than seven or atleast ten.

6. CLASSIFICATION:
 Educational counselling.
 Marital counselling.
 Personal social counselling.
 Rehabilitation counselling.
 Vocational counselling.

7. PURPOSE OF COUNSELLING:
 Find out and make individuals aware of
their basic personal prerequisites, abilities,
assests, liabilities and potentialities.
 Provide usable information vocation and
to correct or clarify misinformation.
 Help students develop proper attitude
towards themselves, others, school, values,
interests, morals, beliefs and discipline.

8. COUNSELLORS:
 Counsellors are trained to listen
without judging and to help children sort
out their thoughts and feelings.
 Counsellors are qualified to a
minimum of post graduate, Diploma in
counselling.

9.  Counsellors in primary school often use
creative activities such as drawings, art,sand
trays and writing to help a child express
their concerns.
 Counsellor will regularly review the
usefulness of counselling with a child and if
the child no longer feels the need for
counselling the sessions will come to an
end.

10. CONCLUSION:
Counselling activites should therefore
be based on the need and total development of
every person.

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