Study Guide Applied Social Sciences
Goals and Scope of Counseling
Objectives:
• identify the goals and scope of counseling
• Identify the different goals or aims of counseling.
• Discuss the scope of counseling.
Goals of Counseling
What are the goals of counseling?
Goals are the desired result of a process. Since counseling caters to many types of
clients with different concerns, it also has varying goals and objectives.
• Goals of Counseling (Gibson and Mitchell 2003)
• Aims of Counseling (McLeod 2003)
Goals of Counseling (Gibson and Mitchell 2003)
1. Developmental goal – developing human growth (social life, personal life,
psychological and physical well-being)
2. Preventive goal – avoiding undesirable outcomes, behavior, or habits
3. Enhancement goal – enhancing special skills of abilities to self-actualization
4. Remedial goal – overcoming and treating an undesirable development
5. Exploratory goal – exploring new fields, activities, and skills
6. Reinforcement goal – adopting or maintaining psychologically helpful
actions, thoughts, and feelings
7. Cognitive goal – acquiring foundational skill of learning and other cognitive
skills
8. Physiological goal – learning and developing habits and good health
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Goals and Scope of Counseling
Objectives:
• identify the goals and scope of counseling
• Identify the different goals or aims of counseling.
• Discuss the scope of counseling.
Goals of Counseling
What are the goals of counseling?
Goals are the desired result of a process. Since counseling caters to many types of
clients with different concerns, it also has varying goals and objectives.
• Goals of Counseling (Gibson and Mitchell 2003)
• Aims of Counseling (McLeod 2003)
Goals of Counseling (Gibson and Mitchell 2003)
1. Developmental goal – developing human growth (social life, personal life,
psychological and physical well-being)
2. Preventive goal – avoiding undesirable outcomes, behavior, or habits
3. Enhancement goal – enhancing special skills of abilities to self-actualization
4. Remedial goal – overcoming and treating an undesirable development
5. Exploratory goal – exploring new fields, activities, and skills
6. Reinforcement goal – adopting or maintaining psychologically helpful
actions, thoughts, and feelings
7. Cognitive goal – acquiring foundational skill of learning and other cognitive
skills
8. Physiological goal – learning and developing habits and good health
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