CLIENTELE and AUDIENCES

in
Counseling
Reporters:
Jacinto, Joshua
Buella, Jessa Jenibel
Counselors
It deals with the mixture of
people with different concerns
and issues.
SPECIAL COUNSELING:
• PEOPLE WHO ABUSE DRUGS
• PEOPLE WHO USE TABACCO
• PEOPLE WHO ABUSE ALCOHOL
• WOMEN
• OLDER ADULTS
• PEOPLE WITH AIDS
• VICTIMS OF ABUSE
• GAY AND LESBIAN PEOPLE
PEOPLE WHO
ABUSE DRUGS

• Drug abuse is not just

harmful to our physical
health but to our mental
health as well.
• It create more social
problems and contribute
to social disintegration.
 PEOPLE WHO
USE TOBACCO

• Our population recognizes the bad

effects of tobacco to our health.
However, many people still use
tobacco even if it is deadly.
• Users find it difficult to stop
smoking.
PEOPLE WHO
ABUSE
ALCOHOL

• Alcoholism is a disease that is

why it requires appropriate
treatment.
• However, an equally important
paradigm is to look at
alcoholism as a weakness of
self-control and self-discipline.
 WOMEN
• Women’s perception about themselves
and the society’s expectations.
• Counselors are responsible in helping
women appreciate their own values,
abilities, aptitudes, and interest an to
utilize these to develop their full potential.
 • Retirees who are adjusting to
life outside work feel lost and
ignored.
• Life for them suddenly loses
meaning.
• Aging issues that require
attention of counseling include
loss of partner, decline of
mental mobility, increased
loneliness, decline financial
security.
OLDER ADULTS
PEOPLE WITH
AIDS • It has been labeled as the most
feared disease due to its
incurability.
• Victims are seeking help to improve
their quality of life and to handle
their emotional stress and low self-
esteem.
• Counseling approach requires
sensitivity and appreciation of the
intricacies of the disease.
• Domestic Violence
characterized of spouse and
child abuses.
• Spouse is often associated
with poverty, domestic abuse
and career disappointments.
• The abuse has also become
rampage and has caused
psychological damage to the
victims.

VICTIMS OF ABUSE
 • There are still sectors in the society,
GAY including their own families that avoid
MEN and discriminates them.
• They are usually the victims of
harassment, violence, discrimination,
and isolation.
• Gays and Lesbians, like any other
sectors of the society, suffer from peer
denial, family clash, health
uncertainties, and prejudgment.
• Counseling will focus on self- LESBIAN
awareness, self-acceptance, and
understanding.
WOMEN