Counselling provides the opportunity for a person to express their thoughts and feelings in an environment that is different from their daily life. There may be a need to engage in a conversation where a person can receive feedback and a different perspective on the issues that they are dealing with in a non-judgemental and safe environment‚ McLeod (2007). In a recent counselling session‚ where I was the counsellor‚ I was invited to share the feelings and experience of my client who had some unpleasant
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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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open and real towards the client‚ admitting our imperfections if needed be. Rogers didn’t believe in the therapist as an aloof‚ impersonal expert but as someone that was “transparently real” to his clients. Genuineness can be communicated in different ways. It could be through our body language‚ by maintaining an open posture‚ not sitting behind a desk and not taking notes. It could also be by disclosing personal details
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Father is living‚ age 74. He does have Alzheimer’s but otherwise in good health. Mother is living in her 70s also. She is a breast cancer survivor. SOCIAL HISTORY Is a nonsmoker. He also denies any type of caffeine use. He admits to rare alcohol use. He denies any type of illicit drug use. He is married. He has two children who are living and well‚ and he exercises on a daily basis‚ either with weight traing or cardio workout. He is employed full time. MEDICATIONS Current medications include vitamins
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The Role of counselling skills in the workplace This paper seeks to explore the role of counselling skills in the workplace‚ the benefits and how it can be used to enhance employee performance. In order to exhaustively analyze the role and importance of its use in resolving workplace issues‚ this paper will go through the following‚ What counselling is‚ the difference between counselling skills and counselling‚ what workplace counselling entails and the skills needed‚ the advantages and disadvantages
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1.1 The three stages of a counselling skills session are the beginning; here‚ the ‘ice’ is broken and the listener should try to make the speaker feel at ease. An introduction is made which helps the speaker understand what counselling skills are and the process of using them. Reference should be made to the BACP framework and the speaker should be invited in by use of gentle questioning. The beginning also gives the speaker the chance to introduce the topic they wish to discuss‚ and the listener
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INTRODUCTION Counselling is considered a learning process‚ especially for the client. An effective counsellor displays affirmation and nurturing behaviours whilst less effective counsellors use the ‘watch and manage’‚ ‘belittle and blame’ and ‘ignore and neglect’ behaviours (Najavits & Strupp‚ 1994). The role play that was undertaken was Michael the VCE student‚ whereby Karen Tran is the observer‚ Christian Brett is the Client and Sarah Boubis is the counsellor. A counselling session was
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Experiencing I recently had a conversation with a friend of mine regarding his out of control gambling habits as well as the level of debt he is quickly finding himself in. My friend hasn’t approached anyone else about this issue and thought because of my current study that I could help. I explained to my friend that I am not qualified to deal with issues such as these as I am not counsellor yet and only a student but would hear what he had to say as a friend. I listened to what he had to say
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Counselling Some people may be embarrassed to attend therapy‚ believing they have failed in some way. However‚ this is not the case. Many people choose professional counselling and find they are able to make a huge success of their life. Just talking to someone confidentially who is not a friend or family member can make all the difference. Counselling provides a regular time for those in distress to explore their feelings and talk about their problems. A counsellor should help you develop better
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I’m learning that there are different ideas and approaches to counselling‚ but there are generic qualities and active listening skills required that can be used by helpers in different sorts of helping relationships and environments (in the work place‚ personal situations and professional counselling sessions)‚ to build and establish a helping relationship with the speaker. These qualities and skills enable the speaker to share and explore their feelings and to have more understanding of their issues
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