Definitions of Guidance, Counseling and Psychotherapy

Question 1

___ is a general term which means helping people to make wise choices and solve their educational, vocational and personal problems.

Answer 1

Guidance

Question 2

___ is a process by which the individuals are assisted in making adequate adjustments to life’s situations.

Answer 2

Guidance

Question 3

___ first appeared around the ___ and was defined as “the process of guiding an individual.”

Answer 3

Guidance;
1600s

Question 4

Early guidance work involved individuals giving ___ and ___ advice.

Answer 4

Moralistic;
Direct

Question 5

___ is the skilled and principled use of relationship to facilitate self- knowledge, emotional acceptance and growth and the optimal development of personal resources.

Answer 5

Counseling

Question 6

As mental health workers became more prevalent during the mid-1900s, they too adopted the word ___ rather than use the word ___, with its moralistic implications.

Answer 6

Counseling;
Guidance

Question 7

___ is a type of treatment that can help individuals experiencing a wide array of mental health conditions and emotional challenges.

Answer 7

Psychotherapy

Question 8

___ started with the with the development of psychoanalysis near the end of the nineteenth century.

Answer 8

Psychotherapy

Question 9

___ means spirit/soul.

Answer 9

Psyche

Question 10

___ means caring for another.

Answer 10

Therapeutikos

Question 11

___ means caring for the soul.

Answer 11

Psychotherapy.