Counseling Skills for Managers
Meaning:
Counseling is a specialized service of guidance, and it is an enabling process
designed to help through learning to take responsibility and to make decisions for
himself / herself. Counseling is the process of guiding clients, especially by a
trained person on a professional basis, to resolve especially personal, social or
psychological problems and difficulties.
Definitions:
According to Robinson (1950), “The term counseling covers all types of two
people’s situations in which one person, the client is helped to adjust more
effectively to himself and these environment”.
According to AR Buckle (1965), “Counseling is a human relationship, a born
relationship in which the counselor fully and completely, without any Ifs and But
except the client as a worthy person”.
Characteristics of Counseling:
•It is related to two individuals
•Face to face contact
•Find solution of problems through mutual discussion
•The counselor through the process of counseling makes the client vomit their
facts
•It is the active part of entire process of guidelines
•It is the learning oriented process
•Helps in solving individuals behavior problems in which emotions and
motivation are the main factors.
