Page 167 - DEDU502_GUIDANCE_AND_COUNSELING_ENGLISH

Unit 15: Types of Counseling: Eclectic Counseling

necessary resources to take on the responsibilities of his life; 3. If the therapist is satisfied, he Notes
gives the client the responsibility of taking on some routine tasks to start with; 4. Therapy
involves the training and re-education of the client in acquiring the controls necessary for self-
regulation.

15.8 Keywords

Eclectic : not following one style or set of ideas but choosing from or using a wide variety.
Techniques : A particular way of doing something especially one in which you have to learn
special skills
Synthesis : The act of companying separate ideas, beliefs, styles etc.
Assumption : A belief or feeling that something is true or that something will happen.

15.9 Review Questions
1. What is eclectic couselling ?
2. Give the steps of eclectic counseling.

3. What are the characteristics of eclectic counseling ?
4. Give the disadvantage of eclectic counseling.
Answers : Self Assessment

(i) Eclectic (ii) Objective (iii) Client active methods
(iv) Job efficiency
15.10 Further Readings

1. Guidance & Counseling: S. Nageshwara Rao, Discovery Publishing House
2. Guidance & Counselince: B.G. Barki, B.Kukh, Opadhyay, Sterling Publishers Pvt.
Ltd.
3. Guidance & Counseling : Suzanne E. Wade. Pam Schuctz, Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates.

LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY 161