What is the vision of the type of
counselor you want to be?
What role will you play in the
system?
How do you plan on effecting
change?
What model will you use?
Traditional role of
counselors
Counseling paradigms that
emphasized changing the
individual primarily through
individually focused interventions
Professional Counselor’s Roles
Human Development Specialist
Individual and systemic-ecological
change agent
To maximize counseling
effectiveness counselors need to
recognize that the environment
surrounding the client is as much
of the “client” as the individual
Community Counseling
model
A four quadrant model that
addresses individual and
systemic-ecological change in
problem conceptualization and
intervention
Five assumptions
1. People’s environment either nurture or limit
their development
2. A multifaceted approach is most effective
3. Prevention is more efficient than remediation
4. Effective intervention must be sensitive and
respectful of the multidimensional nature of
human development
5. The C.C. model can be adapted to all settings
Direct and Indirect
Services
Direct services: provide
opportunities to develop new skills
and understanding (target
population)
Indirect services: address the
settings that effect people’s wellbeing (environment)
Four quadrants
 Direct client: Services
that involve working with
the student/client directly
–counseling/guidance
 Direct Community:
Services that involve
working with the larger
community
 Parent
education,preventive
education
 Indirect client: Indirect
services for the client
 Consultation/advocacy
collaboration (with
family/teacher)
 Indirect community:
Services that indirectly
effect the communitypublic policy,
legislation
Client service
 Direct client-programs that provide direct
assistance to clients such as
guidance/counseling, outreach
 Indirect client- Programs that intervene in
the environment of specific individuals or
groups such as advocacy, consultation,
collaboration, self help groups
Community service
 Direct community-Community wide programs
that provide direct experiences and are available
to the population as a whole ( preventive
education, classes in life planning, relaxation
training, parenting, health promotions)
 Indirect community-efforts to make the social
environment more responsive to the needs of
the population as a whole such as promoting
systemic change and influencing pubic policy