Counselling Skills Assignment: 1 23.04.14 Assignment 1. 1. Briefly describe in your own words what is meant by the term ‘counselling’. Counselling is a type of therapy offered to people who is experiencing any difficulties or troubles in life. Counselling gives them a chance to explore and address their problems and to figure out and decide how to deal with these problems emotionally and move on in their life. 2. What factors may make it difficult for a client to commit to counselling? What
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The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate effective counselling skills by participating in a role play. I will be counselling a client for ten minutes‚ exploring the issues she is facing through the use of a vast amount of verbal and non-verbal communication. The scenario in which I will be basing my role play on is; a young woman who makes herself sick after she has eaten. She knows it is not a good idea‚ but she likes the sense of control it gives her. Due to being abused as a child by her
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Micro-Counselling Skills Micro-Counselling Skills are specific aptitudes that a counsellor can utilize to enhance their therapeutic alliance and establish a foundation for communication with their client (AIPC‚ 2009). These skills can each be learnt individually and when mastered‚ empowers a counsellor to effectively construct a working relationship and engage clients in discussions that is both helpful and meaningful. Rapport Building Rapport Building is the first step in initiating a therapeutic
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1.1 Identify Core Counselling Skills Counselling skills are necessary tools used by trained counsellors to help clients through issues. At some point in their lives‚ people will find themselves in situations where they take on the role of counsellor without having had any training or understanding of the concept of counselling. This is quite common when a friend or family member needs some guidance. Core counselling skills include non-verbal communication (NVC) where facial expressions‚ body
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References: Arthur‚ A. R.‚ 2001. Personality‚ epistemology and psychotherapists ’ choice of theoretical model: A review and analysis. European Journal of Psychotherapy‚ Counselling & Health‚ 4(1)‚ pp. 45-64. DOI: 10.1080/1364253011004008 2 Bakali‚ J Beitman‚ B.‚ & Manring‚ J.‚ 2009. Theory and practice of psychotherapy integration. In Gabbard‚ G.O. (Ed.)‚Textbook of psychotherapeutic treatments. Arlington: American
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1.1 Define what is meant by counselling skills. Counselling skills are a set of tools that can be used by the Counsellor to help a client see or think in a different way. There are many different methods‚ theories and skills all with the same goal of helping the Client. When a Client first comes into contact with the Counsellor a verbal contract is established for the protection of the Counsellor and the Client. This contract is the first part of counselling skills‚ as this makes the client feel
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ABC Level 3 Certificate in counselling skills Assignment 8 ‘Definitions of Counselling skills’ Unit 3‚ Criterion 1.3 The skills used in counselling‚ vary from model to model‚ here are definitions of the skills used in person centred counselling‚ Attentiveness and rapport building Being attentive means giving all of your physical attention to another person so that you are fully present for them. This will help you to notice what the client is NOT saying‚ by noticing their body language
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Advanced Counselling Skills For this part of the assignment I am using examples from a 50 minute session recorded within the learning environment. I play the role of the counsellor‚ and another student plays the role of the client. In order for me to answer the learning outcomes‚ I have watched the DVD recording. 2.1 - Open the session‚ explaining the working agreement including the following:- What is on offer? Limitations Time boundaries Ethical boundaries in line with professional code
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1 L.O. 1.1 Compare the skills between counselling and counselling skills/other counselling activities. 3.1 Describe the personal qualities required for the ethical use of counselling skills. What I learnt about The class formed small groups and discussed their views on what makes a good counsellor and what good counselling skills are. What I understood by it There are listening skills‚ counselling skills and counselling itself. The basis is good listening skills‚ that is to suspend your
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How do I make use of counselling skills and knowledge in helping interactions and/or helping work? In this essay I will outline how I make use of counselling skills and knowledge gained by looking at them individually and providing examples of how they have been used working with families and in my personal life. This will be formally and informally and will include skills practice from this course. I will look at the effects the helping have on me and how I deal with them. Carl Rogers developed
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