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Definitioar
Counseling is customarily defined as a form of interviewing in whictt
clients are helped to understand themselves rnore completely in order that
they may correct an environrnental or adjustment difficulty. Guiding and
helping people to make ratlonal decisions, to organize plans for constructive
pursuits, to seek out the best available comrnunity nesources to satisfy
irnmediate and future needs, and tCI overcorne reluctant toward and fears of
action are among of the tasks of the counselor" A. wide variety of professiona0
paid and volunteer workers function in this way as counselors. Clients seek
heNp for a host of problems, sorule rea[, some projections of inner distress"
And it is the duty of the counselon to distinguish between the two"
the client thisiks things out, develop goals, and plans the eourse of action.
Otl'ler forms of counseling draw frorn the field of dynamic psychology, seeking
to utilize the eounselon-ctient relationship to denrronstrate the operations of
the client's personality structure either in cneating the situations for urhich
help is being sought or in blocking the client frorn finding the appropniate
solutions.
Field of eounseling
counseling prograsns have advanced rapidly, partieularly in the
educatlonal, industnlai, socla! work, hcalth, and rnllltary fields. Counselors
inr prognessively langen nunnbers have heer"l utitized for guidanee activities
and pensonal eounseling in secondary sehools, eolleges, and universities,
for "eumplOyffiXent eggnseling" toward seleetion, plaeernent, and morale
buitding in industry, for "rehabllitationr eounseling" to enable handlcapped
persoris to make a tnansition froun disabitity to pnoduetiveness, forjob
reloaation senvlces fon netunnisrg vetenans, for "eoulnsellng psychology" in
Veteranrs Admlnistration hospitals and vanious cornnnunity agenclcs- Family
egerleies offer counseling serviees on nnatters of fanrily relationship and
social ad.!ustmemt sueh as the fo$lowing:
1. Diffiau$tiee ln intenpersonal nelationshiips rnanlfest withirc the tamity,
between tfre alient and patient, siblings, spg{.,sse, ehildren, and others,
resu[tinrg in anxiety, syl't'lptoms, or deviarlt behavlon.
Z" Difflaulties interpersonal adSustment in rclatiom to innen functrons, sueEt
as sexuality, educatlomal aahiever-nent and learning, and emp$oyment
acrd work abitlties.
3. Eglvinor"rrnental pnoblems, sucht as ecpriomie hardships and housing
deficiencles.
4. Health problerns, sucfu as dlsahiirties, physical handicaps, mental
retardatlon, henedity illness (genetie eounseling], ete"
Faculty of Medicine UGM
A doctor as a counse8sr
A doetor who explained tfre pnoblern of illness, the course of treatrnent
and te8ls patients what to do, actually has done the counseling. !n view sf
public and mentalhealth, approach thnouglr counseling process is needed
to pensuade tN're indivldual patients of the cldnical encounter, also society.
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they will get something useful during counseling; to formulate problem and
to take care of everything yvorth caring; to form a whole opinion that
counseling is a process requiring both sides;to obtain information aboutthe
client related to their needs and effective solutions to problem. Afterwards:
decide and fornnulate the ob.lective of counseling; understanding the client's
need: built sr.rpportive relationship.
Case f:
Counselee:
Male or female student (23 yrs) member of the public relations
class
has already measure his/her anthropometrics measurements:
weight (gOkg)
and height (165), girths of hip and waist, and the skin folds thickness.
The
result of hisiher body mass index is over 30, her hip and waist ratio
is over
0,9, and the fat percentage is over than 35, his/her instructor
said that he/
she was obese. Because of this diagnose he/she fell sad, and
usually thinks
bad effect and confuse to choice the way out among diet, sports,
blood test
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for lipids, take ant! obesity drugs, her/his wrong behavior or psychological
problern
Case 2:
Gounselee:
Mother confuse and wor!'y about the physical condition of her first ssn/
daughter, narned July. Hersom/daughterage 7 years old, rveigh 15ltg, height
'tr'tr0 cm.l-{er husband (45 yrs) is a city bus driven, and she is a housewife (37
yrs). hiis/her bnother/sister (named Agtlstlis 5 yns old and has normal physical
growth" July has no appetlzer, alnrost suffer conne and go diarnhea, and
cougfi" Thre son/daughter diseases $rave alneady rnanaged by doctor of the
prin"rany health servlces (Pl-jSKESMAS), but client stil! has in conftlse, abor'tt
many priorities sueh as lg'lerease the ap'petizer, good diet, environment
hygiene, and routine taking drugs.
References
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MacKinnon, Michels, 1971, The Psychiatric lnterview in Clinical Practice,
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othmer, EK, Othmer, sc, 1994, The ctinical lnterviewing using DsM-lv,
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Rickey L George, Therese stridde cristiani 1981, Theory Methods and
processes of counseling and psychotheraBy, Prentice Hall lnc,
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Rollo ["4ay 1967, The Art af counse/ingr, A bing don Fress, NewYork
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