Science of Care

The clientele and audiences of counseling are normal people. They are not in need of clinical or mental help. They may be the youth in need of guidance at critical moments of their growth, anyone in need of assistance in realizing a change in behavior or attitude, or simply seeking to achieve a goal. What the audience normally calls for in counseling is application or development of social skills, effective communication, spiritual direction, decision-making, and career choices. Sometimes, people need to cope with crisis. Other clientele and audiences of counseling may be people in need of premarital and marital counseling, grief and loss (divorce, death, or amputation), domestic violence and other types of abuse, or coping With terminal illness, death, dying and other issues.

-DIASS MELCS no. 8 (Q1, Week 4 )