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Unit 25: Counselor: Role and Qualities

• This continual process can include a growth in the following : Notes
• Self-awareness
• Self-counseling

• Work /life balance
• Career and personal focus
• Goal setting.

25.5 Keywords

Counselor : A person who has been trained to advise people with problems, especially
personal problems.
Confidentiality : A situation in which you expect somebody to keep information Secret.
Empathy : The ability to understand another person’s feeling, experience etc.
Congruent : Suitable for something

25.6 Review Questions

1. What is the meaning of Counselor ?
2. Give the roles of Counselor in education field.
3. How does a Counselor keep confidentiality of various counseling records ?
4. What are the working conditions of a Counselor ?
5. Explain the different qualities of a good Counselor.

Answers : Self Assessment
1. (i) T (ii) T (iii) F (iv) T
2. (i) Emphathatic understanding (ii) client
(iii) positive attitude (iv) Counseling skills

25.7 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.

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