Advising is a process of exchange information that empowers students to realize their maximum potential, be in academic or personal issues. The advising process is students- centred and will result in the students gaining a clearer understanding of himself/herself and the experience of higher education.
Counselling takes place when a counsellor sees a client in a private and confidential setting to explore a difficulty the client is having, distress they may be experiencing or perhaps their dissatisfaction with life, or loss of a sense of direction and purpose. It is always at the request of the client as no one can properly be ‘sent’ for counselling.
Counselling IS NOT:
Giving advice.
Being judgmental.
Attempting to sort out the problems of the clients.
Expecting or encouraging a client to behave as the counsellor would behave if confronted with a similar problem in their own life.
Getting emotionally involved with the client.
Looking at a client’s problems from your own perspective, based on your own value
system.
Professional counselling is a safe and confidential collaboration between qualified counsellors and clients to promote mental health and wellbeing, enhance self-understanding, and resolve identified concerns. Clients are active participants in the counselling process at every stage.
The action or process of talking about something in order to reach a decision or to exchange ideas.
The term “test” most frequently refers to devices for measuring abilities or qualities for which there are authoritative right and wrong answers. Such a test may be contrasted with a personality inventory, for which it is often claimed that there are no right or wrong answers.