What are the fundamental goals for counselling children? We cannot obviously counsel children the way we counsel adults. It is important to be clear about the goals for counselling children. • To enable children to deal with emotional issues • To keep children safe. • To enable children to feel good about themselves - self worth and self-esteem. • To enable children to reach their potentials - self-actualization. • To enable a child to change negative‚ thoughts‚ beliefs and behaviour. We need
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The three key points that I learned regarding listening after the textbook reading and the Long Beach Community College (LBCC) Listening Skills Video are to set a goal to actively listen‚ be aware of potential distractions and practice this valuable skill. True active listening takes three important components which are: comprehending what is said‚ retaining the information and responding based on comprehension. For one to successfully complete the basic steps the individual must address the basic
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dependent relationship. In order to be an effective counsellor‚ the individual must be able to separate his or her own feelings‚ needs‚ and perceptions of the client.It is also important for the counsellor to be conscious of their reactions to the client so that they are not perceived as encouraging dependence or neediness. Self-awareness allows the counsellor to enhance his or her ability to understand and be empathetic of the person they are counselling. Counsellor’s should continually assess their
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The field of counselling contains many theories‚ sometimes very different from each other. There are‚ however‚ three major theoretical approaches: “humanistic”‚ “psychodynamic” and “cognitive behavioural” and within each of these approaches there are discrete models‚ for example‚ “person centred” and “transpersonal”. This diversity of counselling theories and approaches is really valuable and important. Why? Because the different theories relate to different ways of thinking about how people develop
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THE FACTORS THAT AFFECT LISTENING When you think of what is involved in the process of listening most people think that it involves just spoken words and how those words are interpreted. But actually listening is more than just merely hearing words; the actual process of listening has many different factors that are involved. I’m going to summarize the ten most common factors that can affect the human listening process. The first factor that affects listening is culture. Culture is a factor
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Listening For Couples Listening For Couples by Matthew McKay‚ Martha Davis and Patrick Fanning. Topic found in chapter one listening‚ on page 23. In a book name “Messages‚ The Communication skills book”. I found this sections of the book while reading chapter one in Messages. On page twenty- three‚ its shortly explains some useful listening skills for couples. There’s a process called reciprocal communication‚ provides a structure in which you can really hear each other. when you’re discussing a
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Birkbeck Student ref: 12816772 25th October 2013. Exploring the contribution of the working alliance to the development of an effective therapeutic relationship in both Psychodynamic Counselling and CBT Introduction (300 words approx) In my essay I shall be exploring my understanding of the working alliance‚ and effective therapeutic relationship in both Psychodynamic Counselling‚ and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. I shall include my experience gained in class and outside of the classroom setting.
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Listening is one of the most important forms of communication‚ with the multiple ways of doing it‚ and the everyday importance of it. Can you imagine not hearing things? The music you listen to‚ TV shows you watch‚ people you speak to‚ all of them dead silent event when they are playing. Now imagine you can hear‚ but only half of what normal people can. That’s what it’s like to hear things from my perspective. It is normal for me because I was born half deaf‚ so my hearing and my listening skills
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and cognitive restructuring in social phobia. International Journal of Psychology‚ 40 (2)‚ 281-292. Bean‚ P Burns‚ D. D. (1999). The feeling good handbook. (Revised ed.). New York‚ NY: Plume. Coles‚ M Corey‚ G. (2009). Theory and practice of counselling and psychotherapy. (8th Ed.). Belmont‚ CA: Thomson Brooks/ Cole. Cowen‚ E Ellis‚ A. (1994). Reason and emotion in psychotherapy: Revised and updated. Secaucus‚ NJ: Carol Publishing Group. Ellis‚ A. (2008). Rational emotive behaviour therapy. In
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The Sacred Art of Listening Definition of sacred art of listening 1. It is the art of becoming a listening presence. 2. It’s a way of being that opens us up so we can listen to people from diverse‚ cultures‚ religions‚ belief systems and points of view‚ those not like us. 3. It’s about being a presence for understanding rather than for judging. 4. It’s about being open‚ curious‚ and attentive to others in such a way that at the
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