ADNU counselor
elected to PACERS Board
Dr. Rufino Llagas Ramos III, a full-time counselor of the College
Guidance Center, was elected as one of the board members of the
prestigious Philippine Association for Counselor Education,
Research, and Supervision (PACERS) during the celebration of its
30th foundation and Annual Convention at the Manila Pavilion Hotel
on February 20-22, 2006. Dr. Ramos made history by becoming the
very first from Ateneo de Naga University to hold the said
position.
In this year’s PACERS annual convention, Dr. Ramos also presented
two of his scientific papers. During the "Panel Discussion on
Doing Research to Enhance the Counseling Practice," he read his
paper entitled, "The Significance of Counseling Outcome Research
in the Promotion of Professional Practice.” In the Concurrent
Paper Presentations, he presented his research entitled “Case
Study of Happy Filipino Adolescents.” This study is a part of a
bigger research he conducted on happiness or subjective well-being
among Filipino adolescents.
PACERS was established on March 6, 1976 in response to the need to
gather together counselor-educators and researchers committed to
the continual development of counseling practices in the
Philippines. The mission of PACERS is to take the lead in
safeguarding the concept of counseling and its practice in the
Philippines through counselor education, counseling research, and
counselor supervision. More specifically, as a professional
organization, PACERS envisions to develop professionally trained
practicing counselors who are efficient and effective agents of
development of counselees and supervisees; counselors who are able
to contribute to building new knowledge that has theoretical and
practical significance to the profession; counselors whose
practice is guided by ethical standards of the profession; and
counselor education programs that sufficiently address the
professional and personal development of their trainees.
Dr. Ramos will be serving with the PACERS Board for the next two
years alongside Dr. Julian R. Montano (DLSU – Dasmariñas), Dr.
Susan Almeda-Estanislao (DLSU – Manila), Ms. Chery A. Juliano (DLS
Zobel School), Fr. Bernardo R. Collera, SVD (Christ the King
Seminary), Dr. Benedicta O. Lascano (UP, Diliman), Dr. Ma. Socorro
M. Eala (DLS College of St. Benilde), Ms. Ma. Liza D. Suarez (DLSU
– Manila), and Fr. Francisco R. Bustamante, S.J. (Ateneo de
Zamboanga University).
Aside from his full-time work at the College Guidance Center, Dr.
Ramos is also a part-time counselor at the Center for
Psychological Services and an Associate Professor in the
Department of Psychology and Graduate School. Recently, he
completed his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology major in Clinical
Counseling at De La Salle University – Manila where he graduated
with High Distinction and received the Gold Medal for Outstanding
Graduate Dissertation. He finished his M.A and B.S. degrees in
Psychology from the Ateneo de Naga University.
