The Rehabilitation Counselor must have knowledge of the rehabilitation process and a comprehensive set of rehabilitation skills and techniques. The philosophy of rehabilitation is interdisciplinary, inclusive, and transcends the idea of any individual, group, or program.
Rehabilitation is an empowering process in which persons exercise control over their lives.
The foundations of the Rehabilitation Counseling professions is firmly grounded in specific values and beliefs. Basic philosophical underpinnings of the rehabilitation counseling profession include the concept of the holistic nature of people, rehabilitation goals, wellness, self-responsibility, uniqueness, and equality of opportunity. Holistic Nature of People. The focus of rehabilitation efforts is on the whole person, within an ecological context, instead of solely on the functional limitations of disability. People are seen as more than individual components, that is, they are not divided into convenient parts such as the physical, mental, psychological, cultural, and economic for the sake of evaluation.