Miss

| |This is my first experience of seeing how a counselling relationship can develop by having three sessions. It felt like |
| |we were on a journey of development with a beginning, middle and end. Throughout the process it was interesting seeing |
| |the change and growth moving moving forward from one stage to the next. |
| | |
| |The initial stage is where everything began to be established. The contract laid out my boundaries detailing |
| |confidentiality and that I work under the BACP ethical framework also time constraints within the session. I think that |
| |by clarifying the timing of the session and also where the session takes place are integral factors into the unfolding of |
| |the work as the relationship between us is built. In fact I feel the mechanical parts are just as information the |
| |formation of the sessions and their depth because it is the regularity, consistency and reliability in both the physical |
| |and emotional environment that gives a foundation for trust to be built. I felt the contract was firm but warm creating |
| |an environment which conveyed that it was welcoming and accepting. By asking the client to “begin whenever they were |
| |ready” I felt this was an approach which I hope made the client feel that I had no specific or hidden agenda and that the |
| |client controlled what material as well as what direction it took. During the session I was asked “what do you advise?” |
| |but I had to clarify that my role was not to be an advice giver I