Examples Of Reflective Practitioner
505 Intensive Week Notes
A. The Reflective Practitioner
Being a reflective practitioner means you commit to personal awareness
Contemplate what has happened
Consciously choose a plan of action
Don’t be thinking about what I’m going to say next when the other person is talking
In counseling we don’t tell them how to behave (that’s behaviorism). We help them come up with a plan of action to become better
1. How to be Reflective:
Think about what you are experiencing
Analyze your automatic assumptions, beliefs, reactions, prejudices about people with cultural backgrounds different from your own
Be aware of potential problem areas and learn to recognize when they arise
Accommodate new info rather than rejecting it without …show more content…
That’s why we want to teach them how to problem solve instead of telling them what to do.
If we try to tell clients what to do we will burn out quickly and we teach them dependency
We can’t call the police to tell them a client’s spouse is abusing them. They need to make that call but we want to encourage them to do it.
It’s better to have one set of notes legally. We have to give notes to the judge when they subpoena them. Don’t have personal notes along with the normal set of notes.
2. Confidentiality and Limits
Three basic reasons exist when confidentiality must be breached by the counselor:
An indication of a clear and imminent danger exists to client or …show more content…
Ex) if a teenager says their mom yells at them you could say “Next time your mom yells at you, try to talk normal and quieter and see what happens”
This is the time for giving advice and new techniques to handle situations where the client feels out of control or is angry about something
Avoid words that express judgment and put the giver in the role of controlling parent (good, bad, should, or must)
Don’t give someone feedback when you are angry
Don’t give some feedback when the other person is not ready for it
Speak for yourself when giving feedback and don’t defer to an absent or anonymous person
Direct the feedback at modifiable behaviors, not at something which the receiver has little/no control
A. The Reflective Practitioner
Being a reflective practitioner means you commit to personal awareness
Contemplate what has happened
Consciously choose a plan of action
Don’t be thinking about what I’m going to say next when the other person is talking
In counseling we don’t tell them how to behave (that’s behaviorism). We help them come up with a plan of action to become better
1. How to be Reflective:
Think about what you are experiencing
Analyze your automatic assumptions, beliefs, reactions, prejudices about people with cultural backgrounds different from your own
Be aware of potential problem areas and learn to recognize when they arise
Accommodate new info rather than rejecting it without …show more content…
That’s why we want to teach them how to problem solve instead of telling them what to do.
If we try to tell clients what to do we will burn out quickly and we teach them dependency
We can’t call the police to tell them a client’s spouse is abusing them. They need to make that call but we want to encourage them to do it.
It’s better to have one set of notes legally. We have to give notes to the judge when they subpoena them. Don’t have personal notes along with the normal set of notes.
2. Confidentiality and Limits
Three basic reasons exist when confidentiality must be breached by the counselor:
An indication of a clear and imminent danger exists to client or …show more content…
Ex) if a teenager says their mom yells at them you could say “Next time your mom yells at you, try to talk normal and quieter and see what happens”
This is the time for giving advice and new techniques to handle situations where the client feels out of control or is angry about something
Avoid words that express judgment and put the giver in the role of controlling parent (good, bad, should, or must)
Don’t give someone feedback when you are angry
Don’t give some feedback when the other person is not ready for it
Speak for yourself when giving feedback and don’t defer to an absent or anonymous person
Direct the feedback at modifiable behaviors, not at something which the receiver has little/no control