School counselors provide counseling sessions in individual settings to help students overcome issues impeding achievement or success. The counseling process helps students identify problems, causes, alternatives and possible consequences so they can make decisions and take appropriate actions (ASCA, 2012).
Counseling is planned and goal-focused, and it is short-term in nature. Individual counseling may occur in a single session, or occur in a few consecutive sessions. Since this is a school setting, counselors do not provide long-term counseling. The counselor will meet with students 4-6 times on recurring issues.
Examples of individual counseling topics include:
Counseling is planned and goal-focused, and it is short-term in nature. Individual counseling may occur in a single session, or occur in a few consecutive sessions. Since this is a school setting, counselors do not provide long-term counseling. The counselor will meet with students 4-6 times on recurring issues.
Examples of individual counseling topics include:
- Decision-making and goal-setting
- Conflict resolution
- Academics
- Test Anxiety
- Grief/Loss
- Divorce