Impact of Social Engagement Activities on Counselors’ Well-Being

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In Higher Education Institutions, counselors play a multiple role in serving an institution. Counselors play a crucial role in supporting individuals through various emotional, psychological, and personal challenges. But in spite of the many roles that counselors play, they still find in their busy schedule a time to participate in social engagement activities. This study aims to learn the factors that influence counselors to participate in social engagement activities. It also aims to know the challenges and coping mechanisms counselors use to overcome the challenges. Lastly, this study would like to know the impact of social engagement activities to counselors’ well-being. It is anchored on the Lasallian Reflection Framework (LRF) which serves as a guide in various formation and social engagement activities. Participants were counselors at a private university in Manila assigned at College level. They were selected using purposive and convenience sampling design. Purposive because they have the characteristics relevant to the objectives of the study and convenience because of the availability, willingness and easy access of the researcher to the participants. The counselors were interviewed using a survey questionnaire answered via a Google form. The qualitative data gathered were interpreted through thematic analysis to identify common responses or ideas of the participants. In thematic analysis, common responses or ideas were coded into themes for easy analysis of data. It is hoped that this research will benefit counselors who prepare themselves when joining social engagement activities; mentally, emotionally and physically.