A proposed expansion of guidance and counseling services in Saint Louis University for priestly and religious vocations

• Main Author: Pico, Salvador C., Jr.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1973
• Subjects: Educational counseling; Educational counseling > Case studies; Vocation (in religious orders; congregations; etc); Saint Louis University (Philippines); Counseling; Religion
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/218
• Institution: De La Salle University

v. 1. As the title of the paper suggests, this study is designed to probe the different aspects of the guidance and counseling services in Saint Louis University in view of proposing their expansion to cover areas of religious vocations. To this end, it intends to : 1) draw up the broad outlines of the University and the services already available, and describe how they are organized and distributed, 2) indicate the new guidance services proposed, 3) show how the already existing services can be modified and expanded to meet the new needs, 4) explain how the additional services and new structures can be funded. The first half of the paper gives a profile description of the University providing information relevant to guidance and counseling service and treats of the actually existing guidance and counseling services in Saint Louis. The second half presents some observations on these services and gives an elaboration of the proposed expansion of services and finally, recapitulates the main lines of this paper and spells out in brief its recommendations for implementation. In terms of methods and procedures, the first half utilizes what in research is called the descriptive method. An analytical approach is used in another part of the paper, also employing descriptive and illustrative material. Then, the other half adopts a reflective and critical procedure and combines all the previously engaged methods and procedures introducing in parts data gleaned from interviews and integrates all the results of this study. v. 3. The title of the case study Roberts Search, is a fitting name because the subject of this case study, Robert described his problem in terms of not having any definite goals and of continually searching. More specifically, he pointed out the fact that he could not get himself to study his lessons but the bare minimum of time to keep going, and that he expressed uncertainty as to his present tentative choice to try it out to become a teaching Brother in a religious institute. The course of the counseling involved all the more important features of his personality especially as they were important and relevant to his vocational choice and the commitment in the present state he is in. For the first problem, the specific behavioral approach called behavior contract was applied. Through this, the counselee succeeded in increasing the time spent in his studies and this became fairly constant as shown in the time records. However, all the steps were not completed because the counselee did not see the need for it. The modest gains achieved in the area of study, was not strictly due to the behavior contract alone. The counselor noticed that the counselee linked the study problems to the greater problem of goals. And since the goal expressed and desired was very general, the counseling dealt with all the major areas of the counselees personality, as disclosed by his psychological tests and his writings. Thus, his Intelligence (the California Test of Mental Maturity (CTMM), the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), the Reading Achievement (Nelson Reading Test), and the College Entrance Test (or the FAPE test called CET), Interest (Occupational Interest inventory (OII), Personality (Sixteen Personality Factors questionnaire (16 PF) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), and Aptitude Tests (Differential Aptitude Test (DAT), were examined. The Intelligence tests showed that he was quite capable of the major vocational possibilities which he envisioned-in the f