Counselling Assignment 5
Professional Frameworks in Counselling.
Difference and Diversity Assignment.
Assignment 5.
Unit 2. Counselling in a Diverse Society.
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Learning Outcome One.
1.1. Using examples, evaluate the relevance of the following in the counselling process:- stereotyping, language issues, different belief systems, family structures, family life experiences.
Stereotyping.
Stereotyping is a natural human activity that counsellors and therapists also do. The value of a stereotype is that it can provide a useful shorthand for both counsellor and client, so they do not have to rewrite getting to know a person from scratch. It is a vital function of our memory systems.
It also helps people to connect and relate with each other.
However, stereotyping can also be based on assumptions and presumptions about people which leads to judgementalism and can result in a bypass of the counsellor’s capacity for empathy. As such, it is highly relevant to the counselling experience. Stereotypes are not fresh or born of the present moment and tend to reduce the full humanity of a person and obscure the bigger picture.
Rather than deny that we make assumptions and operate from stereotypes, our tutors have proposed that it is much more healthy and helpful to the counselling process for the counsellor to be aware of any stereotypes they might have. The value of recognising a stereotype is that it frees both parties from inauthentic relating.
I would guess that the more difference there is between the client and the counsellor, the more likely a stereotype is to exist.
To assess the worth or quality of the relevance of stereotyping and see both the strengths and weaknesses of it, I will take the following examples.
As a counsellor, I would first of all need to be very aware of my own personal stereotyping. For instance, I do hold the view that young people in their 20s are too young to fully appreciate or relate to the value of money. This impedes me from being able to see the true values
Difference and Diversity Assignment.
Assignment 5.
Unit 2. Counselling in a Diverse Society.
D/601/7630
Learning Outcome One.
1.1. Using examples, evaluate the relevance of the following in the counselling process:- stereotyping, language issues, different belief systems, family structures, family life experiences.
Stereotyping.
Stereotyping is a natural human activity that counsellors and therapists also do. The value of a stereotype is that it can provide a useful shorthand for both counsellor and client, so they do not have to rewrite getting to know a person from scratch. It is a vital function of our memory systems.
It also helps people to connect and relate with each other.
However, stereotyping can also be based on assumptions and presumptions about people which leads to judgementalism and can result in a bypass of the counsellor’s capacity for empathy. As such, it is highly relevant to the counselling experience. Stereotypes are not fresh or born of the present moment and tend to reduce the full humanity of a person and obscure the bigger picture.
Rather than deny that we make assumptions and operate from stereotypes, our tutors have proposed that it is much more healthy and helpful to the counselling process for the counsellor to be aware of any stereotypes they might have. The value of recognising a stereotype is that it frees both parties from inauthentic relating.
I would guess that the more difference there is between the client and the counsellor, the more likely a stereotype is to exist.
To assess the worth or quality of the relevance of stereotyping and see both the strengths and weaknesses of it, I will take the following examples.
As a counsellor, I would first of all need to be very aware of my own personal stereotyping. For instance, I do hold the view that young people in their 20s are too young to fully appreciate or relate to the value of money. This impedes me from being able to see the true values