DIASS

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 As process of guiding a person during a stage of life when reassessments or decisions have to be made about himself or herself and his or her life course.

* considered the heart of the guidance services in school.

*   Also utilizes appraisal and assessment to aid counselling by gathering information about clients through the use of psychological tests and non-psychometric devices.

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WHAT IS COUNSELING?

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affected by the context and the surrounding factors. They are explored here as part of the basic concepts of counseling that are very important to consider.

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CONTEXT AND THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF COUNSELLING

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Friends' attitudes, norms and behaviors have a strong influence on adolescents. Many issues are often introduced to the individual by their peers.

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PRIMARY CONTEXT

a. Peers as Context.

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The interactions between the family and its neighborhood as immediate context are also important to consider.

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b. Neighborhood as Context.

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The behavioral problems in this particular neighborhood require that families work against crime and social isolation that may impact them.

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A. family functions within a particular neighborhood.

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Culture provided meaning and coherence of life to any orderly life such as community or organization.

Various sectors of community families, peers, and neighborhoods are all bound together by a cultural context that influences them all as individual members.

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c. Culture as Context.

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The National Institute of Health recognizes counseling itself as a context. Regardless of a therapeutic approach in use, the counseling situation in itself is a context.

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d. Counseling as Context.

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The client factors are everything that a client brings to the counseling context. He or she is not a passive object receiving treatment in the manner of a traditional doctor-patient situation. Very often, the expectations and attitude of the client define the result of a counseling process and experience. The success or failure of the counseling process depends so much on the client.

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1. 1. Client Factors.

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The personality, skills, and personal qualities of a counselor can significantly impact the outcomes of the counseling relationship. self-restoration or experience of self-empowerment in a client are some qualities that a counselor

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2. Counselor Factors.

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The context in which counseling takes place can define the outcomes.

environment and atmosphere where to conduct the sessions. There are ideal context and not ideal ones.

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3. Contextual Factors.