Counseling: Directive Counselling
Counseling: Directive Counselling
Counseling: Directive Counselling
TYPES OF COUNSELING
Counseling should be looked upon in termsof the amount of direction that the counsellor
gives the counselee. This direction ranges from fulldirection (directive counseling) to no
direction(nondirective counseling).
DIRECTIVE COUNSELLING
In this type of approach the counselor plays an important role. A major goal is to replace the
emotional behavior of the individual with deliberately rationale behavior. Although he avoids
dictatorial advice this approach is also known as counselor-centered. Under this process the
counselor plans the counselling process, his work is to analyze the problem, identify the triggers
identify the exact nature of the problem and provide various options.
Williamson was a great profounder of this kind of approach as he stated that this approach is good
to address the problems relating to educational and vocational adjustment. This type of counseling is
a concept, where educational and vocational guidance relate to the personality dynamics and
interpersonal relationship. This type of counseling is more useful where the individual wants
information and advice for choice of a career. This approach does not focus its attention on
personality development as such.
Basic Assumptions of Directive Counseling :
According to Willy, the following can be the basic assumptions of directive counselling
a) Competency in giving Advice-: The counselor posses the best training experience and information.
He is more competent to provide an advice to problem.
b) Counseling as an intellectual process -: An client’s intellectual is not destroyed as a result of mal-
adjustment. Hence counseling is primarily an intellectual process .It stresses upon the intellectual
aspects of a person instead of emotional aspects of the personality.
c) Counseling objectives as problem solving situation-: The objective counseling are achieved
through problem solving situation.
d) Client’s incapability of solving the process-: The counselor does not possess the capability for
solving the problem always.