Advanced Counselling Skills Unit 4 20th April 2015 Sharon “Eve” Hanley Student Number : 00302197 Advanced Counselling Skills (300 words in headings) 1. Understand the process of a series of counselling sessions. 1.1 Identify the stages of a series of counselling sessions. A well-structured counselling session provides an essential framework for both counsellor and client. Many authors describe the structure of a counselling work in terms of a beginning‚ middle phase and end Jacobs (2004). Gray
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Assignment Submission Assignment one. Question 1: Analyse the differences and similarities between counselling and psychotherapy making reference of the terms ‘Counsellor’ and ‘Psychotherapist’. A common misconception about Counselling and Psychotherapy is that it is simply an advice giving service‚ this view is further perpetuated by the practices of dictionaries who define counselling as‚” The job or the process of listening to someone and giving them advice about their problems.” (Cambridge
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TRAUMA AND ABUSE COUNSELLING Case Study 1‚750 words Topic: Childhood Abuse A lady‚ Hannah‚ now in her fifties‚ has come to see you. The perpetrator was her father‚ who was highly influential in the church. She (as well as several sisters) was sexually and emotionally abused between the ages of 9 and 16. As a child Hannah made several attempts to disclose the abuse but was unable to feel heard or believed. Hannah has attempted to tell a school nurse‚ a school friend. She has also
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Explore the subject of ’self disclosure’ by councellors Disclosure in the dictionary is ’the act of revealing and exposing to view’ My understanding of self disclosure in this context is to mean revealing the counsellors personal information and emotions. In this unique relationship this is to be expected when the client is communicating‚ in fact it is actively encouraged‚ because that is their roll in the therapeutic relationship. However my exploration will concern when is it acceptable for
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PRE MARITAL COUNSELLING WHAT IS IT? Premarital Counselling is therapy with two people prior to their marriage‚ to help give them more realistic ideas of what to expect and how to cope with living with another person as a spouse; relating to each other as a committed pair. By taking the time to explore the reasons you came together‚ your similarities‚ your differences‚ your hopes and your dreams‚ as well as your expectations of one another‚ it is sometimes possible to avoid the disappointments
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The first question that I tackled was what do of a client makes a sexist or racist remark. The advice that the book suggests is somewhat vague‚ honestly. They suggest to both acknowledge and diminish the comment‚ depending on the circumstance. The authors say the need to address such is dependent on the client’s illness and the therapist’s values (Pipes & Davenport‚ 1999). There is a distinction made as to how to handle the comment if the client shares the same race or sex as the therapist. My take
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The Relational Approach to Counselling I this essay I intend to demonstrate my understanding of the Relational Approach and its underlying theory. I will show throughout this essay that it is essential to understand relationships‚ their development and impact on humans. I am also going to discuss the concept of secure base and repeating relational patterns. I will then consider the implications of working with a culturally diverse population and how this effect the counsellor‘s way of being with
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Professional and Ethical Issues Introduction In order for counselling to be effective and purposeful it must be conducted in an ethical way. The very act of seeking counselling predisposes that the seeker is vulnerable/troubled and needs assurance that the main focus of counselling will be their well-being and promote for them a greater sense of autonomy‚ and not to serve any other purpose. Therefore the foundation of good counselling must be an ethical relationship‚ hence the need for an ethical
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Loss and grief can mean a variety of different things. It can be the physical loss of a person (death)‚ a thing‚ a limb. It could be the loss of something social –relationships‚ divorce‚ friendships‚ or it could be the loss of a job‚ a loss of expectations. Grief has many different stages and every individual grieves in their own way‚ no two people are the same when it comes to grieving‚ though there are particular stages most people go through‚ but not in any certain order. These include: shock
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Cultural competence is fast becoming the new competence in counselling (Barnett 2009‚ Barnett 2000). As society changes and minorities become more prominent in our society‚ professionals are ethically bound to learn new skills that help them deliver a culturally sensitive service to clients requesting assistance in the helping profession. (Ridley‚ Liddle‚ Hill‚ & Li‚ 2001) throw light upon the “many limitations” of different codes of ethics that reflect the values of the dominant culture. A decade
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