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Tutorial 1:

Guidance,
Counseling and
Psychotherapy

Aspect
Definitio
n

Scope

Counselling
Act of guiding &
supervision individual
who undergoes
problems (usually
specific) and needs of
professional help
(Counsellor)
Guide clients to
discover their own
answers and support
them through the
actions they choose to
take.

Guidance
Assistance & help
rendered by a more
experienced person to
less experienced person
to solve problem with
readymade solution
(Advice from anyone)
Client may follow or
abandon the solution.

Psychotherapy
Treatment of
mental
(intrapsychic) /
emotional illness
by talking about
problems rather
than using medical
/ drugs

In-depth & narrow (more


focused on the
concerned issue)

Broader & comprehensive


(wider range of
supplemental help)

Focused on
countering personal
& psychological
issue

Aspect
Assistan
ce

Counseling
Giving help to
better understand
inwardly
Suggest solutions
to understand
oneself better

Assistan Remedial
ce Scope Preventive
Developmental
Example Personal issues
(financial, social
related)

Guidance
Psychotherapy
Giving external help Giving treating
sessions on
Suggest alternative
solutions
mental health
problem
Help understand
personality & choose Help
right solution
understand &
treat mood,
feelings &
behaviour
Preventive
Preventive
Developmental
Developmental
Education & career
related

Mental &
cognitive issues
(suicidal,
hallucination)

Differences between counseling


and guidance:
Counseling

Guidance

More inward analysis

More external

In-depth, narrowing down the


problem until the clients understand
his/her own problem

Broader and comprehensive

Mostly on personal and social issues

Education and career-related

Focus: Not on the solution, but on Focus: Finding a solution, change in


the understanding the problem,
attitude of clients
allows the counsellor to bring about
emotional change or changes in
feeling

Differences between counseling and


psychotherapy:
Counseling (Talk therapy)

Psychotherapy

Brief treatment that centres around behaviour


patterns

Focuses on working with clients for


a longer term, draws from insight
into emotional problems and
difficulties

Focused on a specific problem and taking the steps


to solve it

Consider overall patterns, chronic


issues, recurrent feelings

Problems are discussed on spot (without much


attention on past experience)

Openness to exploring the past and


its impact on the present

Rarely offer advice (guide the client on discovering


their own problems and finding their own solution)

Help to resolve past experiences as


a part of laying the foundation of
the satisfying future

Explore personal development and create


adjustments to your life

Examines feelings, actions and


thoughts and to learn how to
evaluate and adjust where
appropriate

Importance of guidance and


counseling
Helps to shape
students
behaviour

Allow the
students to talk
about their
problems

Provide
information for
the students
who want to
further their
study

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