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Unit 13: Types of Counseling: Directive Counseling

Notes

What is the “synthesis” is directive approach ?

13.4 Assumptions of Directive Counseling
According to Willy, the following can be the basic assumptions of directive counseling :
(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
intelletual aspects of a person instead of emotional aspects of the personality.
(c) Counseling objectives as problem solving situation: The counselor does not posses the
capability for solving the problem always.
(d) Client’s incapability of solving the process: The counselor does not posses the capability for
solving the problem always.

13.5 Advantages of Directive Counseling

(1) This method is useful from the time consuming view-point. It saves time.
(2) In this type of counseling, there is more focus on the problem and the person.
(3) The counselor can look the client directly.
(4) Counseling focuses more on the intellectual aspects of the person than emotional aspect of
the personality.
(5) In this process, the counselor becomes readily available to help which makes the client very
happy.
Limitations of Directive Counseling :

(1) In this process the client is more dependent. He is also less able to solve new problems of
adjustment.
(2) As the client is never independent of the counselor, it is not an efficient best guidance.
(3) Unless an until a person does not develop some attitude through experiences, he cannot
make any decision himself.
(4) The counselor fails in serving the client to commit the mistakes in future.
Self Assessment
1. Multiple Choice Questions: Choose the correct option :
(i) Directive approach of Counseling also called as ______ .

(a) Psychoanalytic theory (b) Psychological theory
(c) Client centered theory (d) Eclectectic theory
(ii) Directive Counseling involves ______ stage.
(a)4 (b)5 (c)6 (d)7
(iii) The most important and time consuming step is ______ in directive approach process.
(a) Diagnosis (b) Counseling (c) Synthesis (d) Analysis

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