Define the term counseling.

Tolber (1959) defines counseling as a person face to face relationship between two people; the counselor and the counselee. In this relationship the counselor is a person with professional skills and special competencies. He provides a learning situation in which the counselee is helped to know himself, his present and possible future situations so that he can make use of his potentialities in a way that is satisfying to him and beneficial to society. The counselee is helped in matters of self-understanding, decision-making and problem solving.

Patterson (1973) defines counseling as a process that helps normal individuals to deal with or remove frustrations and obstacles that interfere with their daily lives.

Pietrofesa (1978) defines counseling as a professional service provided by trained and competent persons to an individual or group. It is a teaching learning process where the client learns new behaviors and attitudes through cognitive reasoning and behaviour modification.

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Counseling is a face to face relationship between two people; the counselor and the counselee. In this relationship the counselor is a person with professional skills and special competencies. He provides a learning situation in which the counselee is helped to know himself, his present and possible future situations so that he can make use of his potentialities in a way that is satisfying to him and beneficial to society. The counselee is helped in matters of self-understanding, decision-making and problem solving.(Tolber (1959) )

This is a process that helps normal individuals to deal with or remove frustrations and obstacles that interfere with their daily lives.(Patterson (1973))

Counselling is a professional service provided by trained and competent persons to an individual or group. It is a teaching learning process where the client learns new behaviors and attitudes through cognitive reasoning and behaviour modification.a professional service provided by trained and competent persons to an individual or group. It is a teaching learning process where the client learns new behaviors and attitudes through cognitive reasoning and behaviour modification.(Pietrofesa (1978))

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marto answered the question on March 19, 2019 at 11:08