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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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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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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In response to‚ what did this session mean to you‚ this first counselling session meant a lot. To explain‚ this counselling session was the start of the counselling relationship formed between myself and the client. In reflecting on all of my past experiences involving the start of a relationship‚ especially that of a professional relationship‚ the success or lack thereof‚ of this first interaction‚ (e.g. the vibe throughout the interaction‚ the feeling of comfort between myself and the other party
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Counselling session can facilitate the process of overcoming or working through personal issues from everyday hardship as well as potentially life threatening situations. This reflective essay will analyse a counselling session that I have attended with a professional counsellor. Her name was Hend. The session was to be recorded so I can refer to particular examples during the session. In this reflective essay I will give an overview of the counselling session as well as a discussion of my feelings
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I did not observe a counselling session as it occurs in one on one setting‚ the Field supervisor felt that when someone else was present in the setting‚ it would interrupt the therapeutic relationship (rapport) and would reduce the level of confidentiality thus leading the client to not being able to reveal personal information and to make decisions or draw solutions. However‚ I discussed with my field supervisor about counselling‚ its practices‚ rituals‚ communications and procedures and wrote a
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Overall‚ I did an okay job facilitating the session. I believe that had strong moments for example the role paly. In addition‚ near the start of the session (5:50)‚ I was able to go deeper with the client and explore her feeling of vulnerability. The client mentioned the feeling of losing‚ so I asked her to explore this further. When the client began to explore how it felt to lose she explained it felt vulnerable. When I confronted her about feeling vulnerable around her mother‚ she responded with
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valuable reflective practice. Counsellors need not only to be conscious of their abilities‚ facts and presentation as professionals‚ but also wary of any private aspects that may mess with or obstruct their capability to supply an efficient and objective service. Counselling professionals in their everyday practice encounter unique and difficult circumstances which may be impossible to resolve by only scientific rationale approaches. Any counsellor employing the technique of reflective practice knows
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In this essay I will analyse my own counselling session in which my counsellor‚ Lys‚ and I established a cause for the anxiety I was feeling. As part of this analysis‚ I will identify key skills used to establish an effective counselling relationship. Reflecting upon my experience of the counselling process and integrating it to current theory will enable me to use this experience to develop my own skills as a counsellor. To facilitate my analysis‚ it is necessary for me to not only define what
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The essay will consist of two case studies on the reflective practice of counsellors’ belief system. Wong-Wylie (2007) defines reflective practice as an individual that reflect on their personal experiences of others. The first case study focuses on a married couple that have asked for counselling they are disputing the husbands’ fidelity. The first section will examine the married couple and the two belief systems of the counsellor. The next section will research the second case study and two
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