Counseling is a developmental process, in which one individual (the counselor) provides to another individual or group (the student,) guidance and encouragement, challenge and inspiration in creatively managing and resolving practical, personal and relational issues, in achieving goals, solving problems and fulfilling complete potential.

Counseling is a process that enables a person to sort out issues and reach decisions affecting their life. Often counseling is sought out at times of change or crisis. It need not be so however, as counseling can also help us at any time of our lives where we are seeking to live life to it’s fullest

Counseling involves talking with a person in a way that helps that person: solve a problem, make a decision, understand and improve behavior, character, values or life circumstances.

Counseling at Tipler Middle School is done with individual students, groups of 2 to 8 students, and in classroom settings. The counselor will also meet with parents, teachers, and community mental health providers.

The focus of counseling at Tipler Middle School is to help students address and deal with problems that interfere with or even stop learning from taking place. Students learn important life skills that in turn, assist them with being more successful in school. Children who are experiencing emotional pain will have difficulty focusing on academics. By dealing with these issues, students are better equipped to be successful in the classroom.

Our school-counseling program is an integral part of students’ daily educational environments, and our services are designed to produce positive changes in student behavior and student learning. Outcomes include increased academic achievement, improved attendance, social-behavioral skill development, individual planning and family/community involvement. In this regard, our school counseling services are an integral part of the entire educational experience. The purpose of the school counseling services is to provide and support the delivery of specific skills and information in a proactive, preventive manner to ensure that all students have the opportunity to achieve school success. It also serves to provide intervention and referral services for those students who are experiencing difficulties in their lives which interfere with their academic achievement. The school counselor serves as the program leader, and collaborates with other pupil services personnel as well as other school staff in the delivery of services.