Counseling Orphans

ORPHANS FOUNDATIONS COUNSELLING

Highlights:
• Definition of counseling
• Basic Assumptions
• The purpose of counseling
• The function of counseling
• Types of Counseling
• Model - Model Counselling

Definition of counseling:
The word counseling counsillium taken from the Latin, meaning 'together' or talk together, in this case the counselor talks with a client a person or persons (counselee).
Carl Rogers said that counseling is a therapeutic relationship with clients that aim to make the changes themselves (self) client.
Counseling can also be understood as a process that involves a professional in helping others to achieve an understanding of themselves, making decisions and solving problems.

Counseling as a process
Counseling can not be instantaneous, but a sustained or in several meetings.
The number of meetings or counseling sessions in the specified goals of counseling itself and the dynamics that occur in counseling. There are only done in counseling three meetings, but there are also counseling sessions that lasted for tens of meetings.

Counseling as a specific relationship
The relationship between counselor and counselee is a specific relationship, which is different from ordinary social relations.
In the counseling relationship requires openness, understanding, respect and empathy positively.
Success in achieving the goals of counseling counselor one of which depends on its ability to build relationships with specific clients.

Counseling to help others
Different to give help or take over.
In the relationships that are helpful, there is an element gives the client confidence to take responsibility and solve problems.
Counseling relationship is not intended to divert clients to the counselor job.

Counseling to achieve life goals
Counseling is intended to achieve understanding and acceptance of self, a broader understanding of themselves and learning behavior of adaptive behaviors to be adaptive.
Counseling is intended to help meet clients in carrying out and achieving life tasks according to their development.

INCORRECT UNDERSTANDING:

A. COUNSELING WITH GIVING ADVICE
Advise the person who submitted the idea to others and it is recommended to be implemented because they solve the problem. Counseling is not intended to provide advice to clients. Advice to be an ineffective means of communication. Advise the client to make off their responsibilities.

2. SBG COUNSELING INFORMATION GIVING
Provision of necessary information is there and in counseling, but counseling is not just giving information. The emphasis in counseling is a relationship that is therapeutic, which encourages clients to understand themselves and solve the problem

3. UTK AFFECT CLIENT COUNSELING REDIRECTED
Relationship counseling is not intended to affect the attitudes, beliefs and behaviors of clients with a persuasive or coercive manner. Changes in attitudes, beliefs and behavior is the will of its own clients to solve problems and achieve their development appropriately.
Counseling clients viewed not as an object to be changed but as subjects who have the ability to transform itself into the expected goals.

The purpose of counseling is not based solely on the will of the counselor but also the desires and expectations of clients. Not affect the client's counselor, but to help clients discover the attitudes, beliefs and behavior for growth itself.

4. INTERVIEW WITH COUNSELLING
Counseling is carried out through interviews but counseling also is not just an interview. Interview includes questions and answers to dig up information. While counseling involves specific attitudes of counselors who provide clients the opportunity to explore and understand his own self.

DIFFERENCES WITH COUNSELLING Psychotherapy
Counseling done to deal with psychological problems such as immaturity, emotional instability, inability to control themselves as well as other issues related to the role of individuals in life.

Counseling is an educational, supportive and situational.
While psychotherapy dealing with mental disorders and weight problems such as interpersonal conflicts, serious, severe neurosis problems, chronic emotional stress and severe behavioral problems.
Psychotherapy usually using techniques that are more specific and use a lot of medical treatment.

ASSUMPTION DLM COUNSELING
In counseling, clients are not regarded as being mentally ill, but is seen to have the ability to choose a destination, make decisions and accept responsibility for his behavior and its development in the future.

Counseling focused on current and future, rather than in the past.
Clients rather than patients, the counselor is the client partner, set goals together and work together to achieve that goal. Counselors are trained personnel who are willing to assist clients.
PURPOSE COUNSELING:

A. PREVENT THE EMERGENCE OF THE PROBLEM
Counseling carried out not only when a child has a problem, but it is preferred to prevent the emerging and growing problem.
Counseling in an effort to prevent not to run into problems later on, to prevent any problems experienced more severe and prolonged or prevented from becoming permanent impairment.

2. LEARN TO MAKE A DECISION
Counseling is not just the process of releasing emotional baggage, but also a process of problem solving.
In this case counseling is the process of learning and practice to solve the problem by making the decision; evaluate the attitudes, behaviors, values, evaluate the habits that are less good, choose a few alternative plans of action, choose one's attitude and better value.
In making decisions, clients learn to identify alternatives, selecting alternatives, predict the consequences of his decision on the selected alternative.

3. CHANGING ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT WRONG
Adjustment of misconduct is improper behavior, which can lead to psychologically pathological behavior.
Conducted counseling to help clients recognize inappropriate behavior, and how to overcome these problems and have the ability to live life in ways better.

4. CHILD & ADOLESCENT COUNSELING GOALS
develop its full potential as optimal as possible;
overcome difficulties in understanding himself;
overcome difficulties in understanding their environment, which includes school, family, work, socio-economic and cultural;
overcome the difficulties in identifying and solving problems;
overcome difficulties in channeling abilities, interests, and talents in education and employment;

5. CHILDREN AND YOUTH ADVISED TO CHANCE
recognize and carry out his purpose in life and to formulate a plan of life based on that goal;
a. know and understand their needs realistically;
b. recognize and overcome their own difficulties;
c. ability to recognize and develop optimally;
d. use their skills to personal interests and the public interest in a common life;
e. adjusting to circumstances and the demands on the environment;
f. all he had developed a precise and orderly, according to the optimal extent of development tasks.

COUNSELLING FUNCTION:

A. ADJUSTMENT FUNCTION
Adjustment function is the function of counseling in helping children to acquire a healthy personal adjustment. In a variety of counseling techniques, the child is assisted to face and solve the problems and difficulties. This function also helps the child in her efforts to develop optimally.

2. RESOLUTION FUNCTION
Counseling to help children and adolescents in solving various problems that hinder the fulfillment of the tasks of development. Behaviors are not adaptive and inhibit the development potential can also be solved through counseling.

3. DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
Distribution function is the function of counseling in helping to deliver the child in selecting programs of education and development potential / talent, select the type of school or job opportunities that match their talents, interests, goals and personality traits.
In addition, this function also includes assistance to have activities outside of school, among others, helped put the child in religious study groups, group sports or arts groups, and others.

TYPES OF COUNSELING:

A. EDUCATION COUNSELLING
Implemented in school counseling education or other educational institutions. The main purpose of education counseling to help students in achieving the objectives pursued his education at various levels. Obstacles in studying students assisted through the counseling process.

2. Vocational Counseling
Vocational counseling is often known as career counseling. Counseling is geared to assist clients who have problems in obtaining employment, as well as the difficulties experienced in the work.
Vocational counseling is usually also used to explore their talents and potential of children, so it can be developed through further study either through formal schooling or non formal education.

3. REHABILITATION COUNSELING
Rehabilitation counseling is counseling performed on people who are in the process of rehabilitation. For example, rehabilitation after medical treatment, after serving his sentence.
Rehabilitation counseling is intended to help clients restore perceptions and emotions that have a more positive self-concept and can act more precisely match its potential.

4. FAMILY & MARRIAGE COUNSELING
Marriage and family counseling intended to help resolve the psychological issues faced by spouses and family members, so it can build a better family, all members can contribute according to their respective duties.

COUNSELING TECHNIQUES:
• MODEL directive
• NON MODEL directive
• MODEL EKLEKTIF

MODEL directive
• Focused on the counselor
• Characteristically informative
• Counselors are more active during the counseling process.
• The counselor determines the direction of counseling
• Counselor to the conclusion, interpretation and provide alternative solutions.

NON MODEL directive
• client-centered counseling
• Aiming to achieve the client's self-actualization.
• The client comes to the question, 'who am I'?
• Counselors create an atmosphere that allows for self-actualization

MODEL eclectic
• The model is not rigidly refer to a model of counseling.
• In carrying out the counseling, the counselor will make various adjustments to understand the dynamics that occur during the counseling process.

PLACE COUNSELING
Choose a place that cause a feeling of comfort for the client and counselor.
Can be done indoors or outdoors are interchangeable foster a warm, friendly, not stressful.
Institutions / social institutions should provide counseling room.
Room furniture arrangements that foster a friendly, not like the office space that seem formal and stiff.