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Discipline and
Ideas in Applied
Sciences
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Professionals and Practitioners
in Counseling

Name: __________________________________________
Grade Level & Section: ______________________
What I Need to Know
MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPETENCY:
LESSON 1: FUNCTIONS OF COUNSELORS
LESSON 2: SPECIFIC WORK AREAS IN WHICH COUNSELORS WORK
 discuss roles and functions of counselors (HUMSS_DIASS 12-Ic-6)
 identify specific work areas in which counselors work (HUMSS_DIASS 12-Ic-
7).

At the end of the module, you should be able to:

K- Discuss the roles and functions of counselors and identify specific areas
of specialization where counselors work;
S- Show an understanding of the roles and functions of counseling through
self-evaluation chart; and
A- Value the importance of knowing the roles and functions of counselors.

What I Know
Directions:
1. Find the following words in the puzzle: Counseling, Function, Communication,
Social Work, Roles, Advice, Practitioners, Applied, Counselor, and Counselee. (10
points)
2. Box each word found.
C C P S O X N E C C

O O C R A E S R A O

U M U E S S O I S U

N M M N O C C C E N

S U U O S I I S B S

E N A I N E A D U E

L I D T O N L E G L

O C V I I T W I A E

R A I T T I O L N E

I T C C C A R P T G

C I E A N T K P E A

E O B R U I C A S L

O N P P F R O L E S
 What’s In

Professional counseling is a professional relationship that empowers diverse

individuals, families, and groups to accomplish mental health, wellness, education,
and career goals. Counselors work with clients on strategies to overcome obstacles
and personal challenges that they are facing.
This presents on how theoretical knowledge will be applied to bring change.
This will allow you students to gain a broad knowledge on these disciplines affect
individuals, and social groups.

What’s New
Directions: Answer the following. Answer must be at least 2 paragraphs with 3-4
sentences each paragraph.

If given a chance to become a counselor and choose a kind of advice to give to a

person, what would it be and why? (e.g. person who suffers from illness/injury,
persons with different age, etc.)

What is It
Professionals and Practitioners in Counseling
Roles of Counselors
Since counselor is a profession, there are certain standards and quality service that
needs to comply. Counselors are expected to do the following:

a) The counselor must attempt to facilitate clients to solve their problems but should
demonstrate a genuine concern and compassion for the client’s issues and
problems.
b) The counselor must have individualized interaction and should maintain rapport to
his/her clients.
c) The counselor should practice active listening, noting and reflecting during the
counseling sessions.
d) The counselor must be aware of the client’s problem including the goal why he/she
undergo counseling session. A counselor with the help of his/her client should
work together to achieve the goals of their counselor-client relationship.
e) The counselor should be able to explain the benefits of holistic health, developing
one’s identity and the concept of self-responsibility.
f) The counselor should always encourage the client to ultimately draw their
conclusion and choose the direction they want to resolve the issue. The counselor
may challenge the client to formulate a behavioral goal to address the ultimate
objective. This may also include the areas of what are the things the client should
stop, should continue and should start doing.
g) Ultimately the goal of the counselor is to help others to understand themselves
and their existence, so that they may be able to live and enjoy the experience of
life and what is to be human.

Functions of Counselors
Professional counselors work in various fields such as Educational (Schools, Colleges,
Psychological Education), Clinical (Crisis Intervention and Communities) and
Industrial (Businesses).

The following problems prompted people to seek counselors for help: a.

Bereavement
b. Eating disorders
c. Crisis Situations
d. Post-traumatic stress disorder
e. Depression, Anxiety, and Stress
f. Difficulties at work
g. Phobias and obsessions
h. HIV and AIDS
i. Bullying
j. Adjustments
k. Addictions and Substance Abuse
l. Issues from the past and
m. Failed relationships

Areas of Specialization where Counselors work

Counselors are employed in schools, colleges, communities, employment agencies,
and business. They are also used in mental institutions, family and rehabilitation
centers, government agencies and non-government organizations and civic society
organizations. Some counselors work with the churches or church-affiliated counseling
services. There are also private practice counselors who provide their services to
clients.

In the Philippines, a Generalist Counselor is called a Registered Guidance Counselor,

however he/she can join professional organizations which are the counselor’s field of
interest. For instance, Family and Pastoral Counseling Association of the Philippines
- for counselors whose interest is in the welfare and development of professional
practitioners in the helping services, etc.

Most of the Registered Guidance Counselors in the Philippines were hired as

Guidance Counselor of schools or Counselor Educator. Some of the professional
counselors worked in government agencies, clinics, and private practice.

Working as a counselor is fulfilling because of its impact on the lives of the people
he/she has worked with. Counseling, therefore, is a noble profession which can be
considered as a personal ministry in the perspective of the practitioner.

What’s More

Task 3: NAME IT!

Directions. Copy and answer in your notebook.
1. What are the roles and functions of counselors?
____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

2. Identify specific areas of specialization where counselors work and explain each.
____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________
What I Have Learned
Reflect on yourself after studying this chapter. What you learned or realized so far?
Task : “MYSELF AS A COUNSELOR”
1. Write a reflection paper entitled “Myself as a Counselor”.
2. Include in your reflection paper what specific field of counseling you will specialize
and what approach you will use if ever.
3. You are to write your reflection paper in paragraph form and must contain not less
than 200 words.
4. Your performance will be graded using the rubrics for individual work attached
below.
INDIVIDUAL WORK RUBRICS

Exemplary Sufficient Minimal Beginning

4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Makes use of Automatic/sup
existing erficial
Active and knowledge responses with
Critically reviews
careful without an attempt little conscious
existing
consideration of to thought or
knowledge,
existing evaluate/appraise reference to
Reflection on questions
knowledge and knowledge; existing
Existing assumptions, and
articulates new demonstrates knowledge;
Knowledge articulates new understanding but
understanding responses are
perspectives as a does not relate to offered without
of knowledge as
result of other experiences attempting to
a result of
experience or personal understand
experience
reaction them

Demonstrates Connects Connections

Demonstrates clear experience with are not drawn
superior connections class content between
Connection to
connection between (concepts/theorie experience and
Academic
between experience and s) but remains class content
Concepts
experience and class content superficial or (concepts/theo
class content (concepts/theori abstract

(concepts/theorie es); evidence of ries) or

s) and literature; application of literature
evidence of theory.
application of
theory and
reconstruction of
perspective
Articulates
transformation of Articulates new No evidence of
Limited/superficial
their perspective understanding/in insights about
insight about self
of themselves or sights about self self or
or particular
Evidence of about a particular or particular particular
issue/concept/
Development issue/concept/ issue/concept/ issue/concept/
problem as a
problem as a problem as a problem as a
result of
result of result of result of
experience
experience experience experience
 Consistently
Some words are inaccurate or
Consistently Mostly detailed
inaccurate or ambiguous
accurate and clear and mostly clear
ambiguous. wording,
Clarity wording and writing and
Confusing confusing
sentence sentence
sentence sentence
structure. structure.
structure. structure.
Adapted from: https://brocku.ca/pedagogical-innovation/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/Critical-Reflection-Rubric.pdf

Task :
Directions:
Copy and answer on your notebook. Answer must be at least 2 paragraphs with 3-4
sentences each paragraph.

1. Do you consider on becoming a guidance counselor in the future?

2. Why do you want to become one? Or Why you don’t want to become one? Explain.

Assessment
“FACT or BLUFF” Directions:
 After the chapter study. Read and understand each item carefully. You are going
to answer whether the statement is a “Fact” as true or a “Bluff” as false.
 Answer directly on your notebook.
Statements Fact or Bluff
1. The counselor should not practice active listening, noting and
reflecting during the counseling sessions.
2. The counselor must be aware of the client’s problem including
the goal why he/she undergo counseling session.

3. The counselor should encourage the client to draw their

conclusion and choose the direction they want to resolve the
issue.
4. Counselors have certain standards and quality service that
don’t need to comply.
5. Counselors help clients that has drug addiction.
6. Practitioners in counseling cater clients who has financial
problem.
 7. Counselors help clients who has depression, anxiety, and
stress.
8. Counselors are employed only in schools.
9. There is no such thing as private practice counselors who
provide their services to clients.
10. It is important to know the functions and roles of counselor because
this will prepare you in the future to offer help, support,
understanding, and possible alternatives that could lead enjoyment
and a more fulfilling and productive life not only for yourselves but
also to other individuals.

Glossary
The following terms used in this module are defined as follows:
 Anxiety - a strong desire sometimes mixed with doubt, fear, or uneasiness
 Bereavement - the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or
someone
 Bullying - abuse and mistreatment of someone vulnerable by someone stronger,
more powerful
 Civic society organizations - is a group of people which operates in the
community, in a way that is distinct from both government and business
 Depression - a state of feeling sad
 Guidance Counselor - a person who gives help and advice to students about
educational and personal decisions
 Holistic - relating to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather
than with the analysis of, treatment of, or dissection into parts
 Obsessions - a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often-unreasonable
idea or feeling
 Phobias - an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular
object, class of objects, or situation
 Post-traumatic stress disorder - a psychological reaction occurring after
experiencing a highly stressing event (such as wartime combat, physical violence,
or a natural disaster) that is usually characterized by depression, anxiety,
flashbacks, recurrent nightmares, and avoidance of reminders of the event
 Practitioners - one who practices a profession
 Professionals - engaged in one of the learned professions
 Rapport - a relationship characterized by agreement, mutual understanding, or
empathy that makes communication possible or easy
 Specialization - a making or becoming specialized
 Stress - a physical, chemical, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental
tension and may be a factor in disease causation
 Substance Abuse - excessive use of a drug (such as alcohol, narcotics, or
cocaine): use of a drug without medical justification
What I Need to Know
MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPETENCY:
LESSON 3: VALUE RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND
ACCOUNTABILITIES OF A COUNSELOR (HUMSS_DIASS
12lc-9)
In your previous lesson, you understand the specific work areas in which
counselor work.

This learning material will provide you with information and activities that will
help you understand the Rights, Responsibilities and Accountabilities of a Counselor.

After going through this learning material, you are expected to:

 Value rights, responsibilities, and accountabilities of a counselor

(HUMSS_DIASS 12lc-9)

What I Know
Task: Fill me up!
Instruction: Based from the table below, supplement the necessary idea that are
needed.

Name: ________________________

A. Your Right as a B. Your Responsibility C. Your Accountability

Learner as a Learner as a Learners
(identify atleast 3) (identify atleast 3) (identify atleast 3)
1.
1. 1.
2.
2. 2.
3.
3. 3.

What’s In
According to Nystul (2003) Counseling defined as basically an art and a
science wherein you endeavor to weigh the objective and subjective facets of the
counseling process. It also agreed that counseling is a professional relationship that
empowers diverse individuals, families and group to accomplish mental health,
wellness, education, and career goals (Kaplan, Tarvydas, and Gladding, 2014).

We all face challenges throughout our lives. Often, counselors will be one of the
first resources available to people in need of emotional and psychological support.
Strong sense of compassion and commitment to helping people are the most
necessary qualities for a successful career as a counselor.

You will need to have a strong support system of your own in place to ensure
your well-being as you undertake this challenging and rewarding vocation. By
addressing concerns with quality care from a counselor, clients learn how to make
informed and healthy decisions about themselves, their relationships and their futures.

In your previous lesson, you understand the specific work areas in which
counselor work.

This learning material will provide you with information and activities that will help
you understand the Rights, Responsibilities and Accountabilities of a Counselor

What’s Is It
Counselors
A Counselor is a qualified individual who uses counseling methods to help
people manage and overcome mental and emotional issues. Counselors provide
direction, support and help patients build coping mechanisms that will guide through
their stressful situations. Their duties also include listening to the clients, asking
necessary questions, and developing effective strategies to improve their lives.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential, along with the ability
to coordinate with support networks, government resources, and community
resources.

Like all other professional fields in the applied social sciences, counseling
profession encompasses rights, responsibilities and accountabilities.

Rights

The core values of the counselor are a set of attitudes and skills which have a
special regard for the integrity, authority and autonomy of the client and are firmly
based on the counselor having total respect for universal human rights and for the
person and cultural differences. Like in all other licensed professionals, counselor do
have the rights as stated in Republic Act 9258 or popularly known as the Guidance
and Counseling Act of 2004.

What is the Guidance and Counseling Act of 2004?

RA 9258, more popularly known as the Guidance and Counseling Act of 2004,
is a law crafted and designed to professionalize the practice of guidance and
counseling in the Philippines. The law also entails the creation of a Professional
Regulatory Board of Guidance and Counseling who will then be mandated by this very
law to formulate the necessary rules and regulations that will implement the provisions
contained within, in coordination with the accredited professional organization. The
interim accredited professional organization happens to be the PGCA or the Philippine
Guidance and Counseling Association, Inc.
 This law basically states that “No person shall engage in the practice of
guidance and counseling without a valid Certificate of Registration and a valid
Professional Identification Card or a Special Permit” and that “no corporation,
partnership, association or entity shall operate a guidance and counseling
office, center/clinic, testing center, rehabilitation center, or otherwise engage in
the practice of guidance and counseling without first securing a permit from the
Board. The permit shall be issued only after it has satisfied the Board that such
establishment is properly staffed by duly Registered and Licensed Guidance
Counselors.”

What then are the requirements for one to be able to apply for a license
under this law?
For any person desiring accreditation under RA 9258, he or she must be able to
live up to the following qualifications:
Ø Be a citizen of the Philippines, or a foreigner whose country has reciprocity with
the Philippines for the practice of guidance and counseling.
Ø Not have been convicted of an offense involving moral turpitude
Ø Be a holder of either a Bachelor’s Degree in Guidance and Counseling or in
other allied disciplines, a Master’s degree in Guidance and Counseling from
an institution in the Philippines or abroad, or a Ph.D. or Ed.D in Guidance and
Counseling or Counseling Psychology.
Under Art. IV PRACTICE OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING of RA 9258 specify
the right of a counselor, as follows;

Section 28. Right to Privilege Communication for Guidance Counselor. -

A certified guidance counselor who is allowed to practice guidance and counseling in
accordance with this Act, without the consent of the client, be examined as to any
communication or information which has been acquired while attending to such client.
The protection accorded herein shall also extend to the records and secretary or clerk
of a license guidance counselor, who may not be examined concerning any fact, the
knowledge of which has been acquired in such capacity.

Any evidence obtained in violation of this provision shall be inadmissible for any
purpose and any proceeding.

Responsibilities
All clients are entitled to good standards of practice and care from their practitioners
in counseling. Good standards of practice and care require professional competence;
good relationships with clients and colleagues; and commitment to being ethically
mindful through observance of professional ethics. Counselors’ responsibilities
include:

• Assess patients through detailed conversations, interviews, and observations

to determine the appropriate testing or examination.
 • Diagnose patient’s mental and emotional disorders.
• Create effective treatment plans that include counseling, medication, or other
services.
• Work with patient and develop goals.
• Regularly discuss the treatment plan with the patient to identify faults or room
for improvement.
• Educate appropriate coping mechanisms to help patients through tough
situations.
• Record the patient’s progress and change their treatment plan when needed.
Accountability

A. Counselor towards its Client/s

Confidentiality - It is the counselors’ responsibility that the client has the
confidence in that everything in the counseling relationship is built on a foundation
of trust that their personal or any other disclosed information is protected from
inappropriate disclosure to others.
Privacy - At all times the counselor must make sure that the counselling
relationship is protected against uncontracted or inappropriate observation,
including interference or intrusion by others.

B. Counselor towards other profession

• Counselor shall become knowledgeable about colleagues and develop positive
working relationships and communication systems.
• Be respectful of differing approaches to counseling services as well as the
traditions and practices of other professional groups.
• Work to develop and strengthen relations with interdisciplinary colleagues.

What’s More
Instruction: Give your position on the scenario that is stated below.

1. In the area of confidentiality of the Code of Ethics, there is a portion on client’s right
to privacy. What if the counselor, in his/her conversation with the client, found out
that the client accidentally killed a person, will you report the client to police or not?
2. Use a separate sheet for your answer.
3. Please be guided by the rubrics below.

Rubrics for scoring:

Category 5 4 3 2 1 Score

Content Used Used many Used some Used few Did not
substantiv facts facts facts present
e facts to to support to support to support facts to
support all all all argument support
the arguments arguments. s. arguments.
arguments .
Organizatio All Most Some Few All
n arguments arguments arguments argument arguments
are were were s were were not
logically logically logically logically logically
stated and stated and stated and stated and stated and
convincing are
convincing convincing not
convincing
convincing
Grammar Excellent Virtually Few spelling More than More than
and used of no and 5 but less 10 spelling,
Spelling words and spelling, punctuation than 10 punctuatio
spelling. punctuatio s errors, number of n and
minor grammatica
n or spelling,
grammatical
grammatic punctuati l errors that
errors
al errors on or it interferes
grammatic with the
al errors meaning
Total Score:

Assessment:
Read carefully the following statements and identify each statement whether Rights
(A), Responsibilities (B) or Accountabilities (C).

_____ 1. The counselor needs to develop and strengthen relations towards his/her
interdisciplinary colleagues.

_____2. The counselor needs to develop appropriate coping mechanism in order to

address its client situation.

_____3. The counselor protection including its secretary or clerk to any information or
knowledge in any court proceeding without the consent of the client.

_____4. The relationship between the counselor and clients is bounded by trust and
shall never be disclosed without the permission from the client.

_____5. The counselor records every progress of the patient and properly coordinate
the result with the patient on its improvement.

What I Need to Know

MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPETENCY:
LESSON 4: ETHICAL AND NETHICAL BEHAVIORS AMONG COUNSELORS

From your previous lesson, you value the rights, responsibilities, and
accountabilities of counselors. That they are protected by law, they practice their
professions mandated by guidelines, and they are accountable not only with their
clientele but also with their profession.
 After going through this learning material, you are expected to:
 classify the ethical and unethical activities of counselors.

What I Know
Vocabulary Enrichment.
Directions: Define the following terms by identifying related/synonymous ideas
and utilize the given terms in a sentence.

A. Definition

1. Competence
2. Empathy
3. Insensitive
4. Judgmental
5. Respect
6. Unprofessional ______________________________________________

B. Sentence Construction
1. Competence _______________________________________________
2. Empathy
3. Insensitive
4. Judgmental
5. Respect
6. Unprofessional ______________________________________________

What’s In
Counselors need guidance. They live in a world where decisions and choices are
being made. To come up with a well-aimed resolution, a counselor considers ethical
perspective and understanding. But to what extent a behavior among counselors can
be considered ethical and unethical?

What is It

Code of Ethics of Counselors

Competence
Counselors aim to enhance professional quality with standards. They keep their
perception objectively with a wide range of understanding. Learning local languages
and background are also beneficial with their interactions among their clientele. Being
late or absent on the said appointment is considered unprofessional. To get more
details and complete expressions during interviews or asking questions, it should
always be in an open-ended or probing type of questions and is answered subjectively
not with close-ended that is answerable with yes or no.
Confidentiality
The privacy of the client should be considered by a counselor to become trustworthy.
All the details and personalities involved should never be exposed or disclosed unless
there is a request from a court office. It will be unethical for a counselor to share
whatever information transpired from the session with a friend or even with a family
member.

Empathy
Empathy is the ability to understand, share, and reflect feelings. Empathy is different
with sympathy - the ability of a person to enter or act the feeling and are sorry about
someone else. It will be insensitive to the part of the counselor if there will be no
understanding of the clientele’s current feelings. Insensitivity also includes frowning,
boredom, disgust, and shaking of the head in every context that do not conform to the
counselor.

Integrity
Moral standing and honesty are expressed highly by a counselor. They should look
at their clientele with fairness and equality, not with prejudice and injustice. There
should be no conflict of interest to avoid inappropriate behaviors. The counselor is
expected to be open-minded to the situation with no biases involved.

Respect
General respect is evident in every counselor. From promoting rights and dignity to
the moral and cultural values of the clientele. It also includes selfdetermination wherein
the clientele is autonomous to their decisions or changes of action not dependent to
the counselor. Being judgmental and imposing a personal approach are not
acceptable actions from a counselor.

Responsibility
Counselors are accountable for their clientele. Thus, the welfare and wellbeing of the
clientele are prioritized. Patience and tolerance are also extended by the counselor
and never inflict harm in any forms and means to their clientele. They should keep
professional relations professional with no indecent interactions. Counselors will take
full responsibility with a systematic approach in resolving professional and ethical
issues.

What’s More
Task : Table Completion
Directions: Complete the table by classifying the following terms whether Ethical or
Unethical behavior of a counselor.

Competence Injustice Integrity Respect

Empathy Insensitive Judgmental Unprofessional
 Ethical Unethical

Assessment
Modified True or False
A. Directions: Write True if the statement is correct otherwise change the underlined
word/s to make the statement correct.
1. Being late or absent on the said appointment is considered
unprofessional.

2. Being judgmental and imposing a personal approach are acceptable

actions from a counselor.
3. Sympathy is the ability to understand, share, and reflect feelings.
4. Moral standing and honesty are expressed highly by a counselor.
5. Counselors are accountable for their clientele.
B. Identification

Directions: Identify the code of ethics among counselors that are being manifested
by the following statements.
Competence Confidentiality Integrity
Respect Responsibility

1. imposing moral and cultural values on clientele

2. keeping information confidential

3. maintain proper professional behavior

4. making indecent social relations and interactions with

the clientele
____________________5. sound professional perception