Counseling

• 1. Corrective Training
• 2. Commanding

FM 6-22 Appendix B

• 1. Purpose: Clearly define the purpose of counseling.
• 2. Flexibility: Fit the counseling style to the character of each subordinate and to the relationship desired.
• 3. Respect: View subordinates as unique, complex individuals, each with a distinct set of values, beliefs, and attitudes.
• 4. Communication: Establish open, two-way communication with subordinates using spoken language, nonverbal actions, gestures, and body language. Effective counselors listen more than they speak.
• 5. Support: Encourage subordinates through actions while guiding them through their problems.

• 1. Directive
• 2. Non-directive
• 3. Combined

• Advantages:
• -Quickest method
• -Good for people who need clear, concise direction.
• -Allows counselors to actively use their experience.

• Disadvantages:
• -Doesn't encourage subordinates to be part of the solution
• -Tends to treat symptoms, not problems.
• -Tends to discourage subordinates from talking freely.
• -Solution is the counselor's, not the subordinate's

• Advantages:
• -Encourages maturity.
• -Encourages open communication
• -Develops personal responsibility
• Disadvantages:
• -More time-consuming
• -Requires greatest counselor skill.

• Advantages:
• -Moderately quick
• -Encourages maturity
• -Encourages open communication
• -Allows counselors to actively use their experience
• Disadvantages:
• -May take too much time for some situations.

• 1. Event counseling
• 2. Performance counseling
• 3. Professional growth counseling

• 1. Instances of superior or substandard performance.
• 2. Reception and Integration Counseling.
• 3. Crisis Counseling.
• 4. Referral Counseling.
• 5. Promotion Counseling.
• 6. Separation Counseling.

• -Chain of Command familiarization.
• -Organizational standards.
• -Security and safety issues.
• -Non-commissioned officer (NCO) support channel (who is in it and how it is used).
• -On- and off-duty conduct.
• -Personnel/personal affairs/initial and special clothing issue.
• -Organizational history, structure, and mission.
• -Soldier programs within the organization, such as Soldier of the Month/Quarter/Year, and educational training opportunities.
• -Off limits and danger areas.
• -Functions and locations of support activities.
• -On- and off-post recreational, educational, cultural, and historical opportunities.
• -Foreign nation or host nation orientation.
• -Other areas the individual should be aware of as determined by the leader.

• 1. Identify the need for counseling.
• 2. Prepare for counseling.
• 3. Conduct counseling.
• 4. Follow up.

• -Select a suitable place
• -Schedule the time
• -Notify the subordinate well in advance
• -Organize information
• -Outline the counseling session components.
• -Plan your counseling strategy.
• -Establish the right atmosphere.

• 1. Opening the session
• 2. Discussing the issues.
• 3. Developing the plan of action.
• 4. Recording and closing the session.

Counseling is the process used by leaders to review with a subordinate the subordinate's demonstrated performance and potential.

• 1. Suggesting Alternatives
• 2. Recommending
• 3. Persuading
• 4. Advising

4 (Physical, Social, Security and Higher (religious))

A keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others and to avoid offense.

For one person to help another

• 1. ID the problem
• 2. Gather information
• 3. Develop criteria
• 4. Generate possible solutions
• 5. Analyze possible solutions
• 6. Compare possible solutions
• 7. Make and implement the decision

Communication is the flow or exchange of information and ideas from one person to another.

True

• 1. Active Listening
• 2. Responding
• 3. Questioning

Feedback

• 1. Respect for subordinates
• 2. Self-awareness
• 3. Cultural awareness
• 4. Empathy
• 5. Credibility

• 1. Message
• 2. Content
• 3. Context

• -High performance standards
• -Loyalty to superiors and subordinates
• -Competitive activities
• -Tough training
• -Open channel of communications

• 1. Counsel about substandard performance.
• 2. Attempt to define the problem with the soldier.
• 3. Afford opportunity and time to solve the problem.
• 4. Make a written statement of counseling.

• -Fear
• -Hunger
• -Illness
• -Anxiety
• -Fatigue

Lose their respect and loyal cooperation.

DA Form 4856 E

When time is short, when the LEADER knows what to do, when the counseled soldier has limited problem-solving abilities.

Yes. A leader who neglects to counsel his subordinates is negligent in his performance of duty.

No. Counseling may also be for good performance.