COUNSELLING CONCEPTS LEVEL 2 ESSAY The decision to take this course was rooted in a deepening interest in psychotherapy‚ self–development‚ the welfare of other people and in a desire to gain a theoretical base to enrich my current arts and health practice. I understand counselling to be a helping practice that differs from other helping activities‚ such as teaching for example. Counselling requires professional training and is specifically contracted or explicitly agreed. It has a theoretical
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Written Report Written Report Title: Types of Counseling Approaches School Year /Semester: 1st Semester/ 2011-2012 Reporter: John Carlo J. Sto. Domingo School/Department: SSTED/1-Biyo Types of Counseling Approaches A counselor’s assistance to an individual depends on the type of counseling he uses. The five types of counseling approaches are: Directive or Clinical Counseling‚ Non-directive Counseling (Client-Centered)‚ Group and Environmental Counseling‚ Group Counseling and Developmental Counseling
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To have good ethical practice within counselling it is important that there are boundaries and contracts in place that are agreed to and understood by both the counsellor and the client. At the start of each new counselling session it is important that a contract is set out between the client and counsellor. The BACP states ’good practice involves clarfiying and agreeing to the rights and responsibilities of both the counsellor and the client at appropriate points in their working relationship’
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Counselling case study Jayadeva de Silva.M.Sc‚ FIPM.FITD [pic] Let me introduce Bandara. Bandara has been working as the number two in a medium sized organization for ten years. It has always been intimated that when Jeremy his boss retires or leaves‚ Bandara will slip into the number one position and lead the organization. Barry has always had some clear ideas on how he is going to take the organization forward when Jeremy is not there; ideas that have not been taken up in the past. Life
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Analyse A personal counselling session Counselling Skills 1 Counselling sessions can help us work through a range of personal issues from everyday hardships to potentially life threatening situations. In this reflective essay I propose to put theory to practice by analysing and reflecting upon a one hour session with a professional counsellor. The session is to be recorded so I can refer to particular
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5. Person centered counseling The theory of person centred counselling is a humanistic approach‚ founded by Carl Rogers‚ at the centre of which is the speaker. Rogers believes that the listener knows and is the best expert of himself and is fully capable of dealing with the issues‚ problems‚ difficulties life brings. People have vast resources within themselves for development. The listener enables the speaker to become more self-aware and enables them to discover and see their potentials which
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wings‚ very small wings‚ very feeble wings‚ but wings! Extract from Poem Please Hear What I am not Saying. Charles C. Finn This Critique of Person Centred Counselling offers an insight into The Person Centred Approach developed by Carl Rogers. I will firstly introduce Rogers and his influences. An exploration of Person Centred Counselling will follow examining Philosophical Principals‚ Key Concepts and the Core Conditions that must be present in the therapeutic relationship. Subsequently‚ Rogers
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Counselling a stranger can be difficult‚ counselling a friend is fraught with difficulties. I found this practice session particularly challenging as I asked a very old friend to play the part of the client. I understand as a result of this session why being a therapist for family and close friends is not advised. Even though I was playing the role of the counsellor‚ my inner self was in a constant tug-of-war between being a friend and keeping a professional step back as required by a counsellor
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Cultural Awareness in Counselling practices I have chosen to focus this assignment on the Aboriginal and Vietnamese cultures. I hope to be working in an area which will have these two cultures as the dominant groups. The reason I have focussed on Vietnamese refugees instead of the culture of Vietnam as a whole is that the facility I hope to work in has refugees as its main client group. I will give an overview of my research into how best to work in a counselling relationship with people from
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Introduction. In this reflective essay I will provide an analysis of the counselling session I conducted and recorded. This will include a summary of the session. I will also describe the micro and advanced counselling skills utalised‚ as well as a critical evaluation of their effectiveness. A discussion of my application of these skills‚ as well as areas of possible improvement will supported by reference to relevant literature. Summary of the session. Leesa is a 37-year-old woman who I
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