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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ways in which counselling attempted to address my peers client’s difficulties through Person -Centred counselling. I am going to commence with my client’s presenting issues‚ and include any perceived risks. I will also be exploring the client’s presenting issues in relation to Rogers’ personality theory. Following on from this‚ I am going to discuss how an effective therapeutic alliance was established with my peer‚ and reflect on how this relationship developed throughout the counselling process. This
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the BACP framework for Good Practice in Counselling and Psychotherapy. The Ethical Framework is designed to regulate the work of the counselling practitioner in order to safeguard the needs of the client and to ensure that they are being treated with respect and dignity. The welfare of the client forms the foundation of he code of practice – the client is protected through the principles outlined within it. The fundamental values of counselling and psychotherapy are as follows; • Respecting
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What are the tenets of an existential-humanistic approach to counselling and how relevant is this counselling approach in the African cultural setting? Existential-Humanistic psychology looks at individuals as a whole person and living in a socially interconnected and holistic world. It focuses on helping the individual self-discover the healing process‚ leading eventually to improved self-esteem. High self-esteem has many positive social benefits: individual happiness (Shackelford‚ 2001)‚ academic
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28/07/14 4.2/ 4.3 Explain the principle of informed choice and how issues of individual capacity may affect this. Informed choice; Informed Choice involves the exchange and understanding of relevant information so that a knowledgeable‚ reasoned and un-pressured decision can be made by the health care Consumer‚ or the Consumer’s delegated representative‚ who has the competence and legal capacity to make such choices: Informed Choice means that families can make knowledgeable decisions
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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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How do research findings support counselling work? Research. 1.a. the systematic investigation into and study of materials‚ sources‚ etc‚ in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions. b. an endeavour to discover new or collate old facts etc by the scientific study of a subject or by a course of critical investigation. [Oxford Concise Dictionary] When entering the field of counselling the first thing that becomes evident is how much there is written and theorised upon. A great deal of research
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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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uses counselling skills and a qualified and trained counsellor A qualified counsellor has undertaken a structured training programme and developed and practiced skills needed to become a trained counsellor. They are likely to have trained for several years and specialised to a much higher level than someone who uses counselling skills. They will also have undertaken therapy themselves and addressed any issues or emotional blocks that they may have‚ whereas a person who uses counselling skills
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Book Report Assignment Title: Counselling for Toads Author : Robert de Board – A graduate from Cambridge University‚ Robert is an acknowledged expert in the field of group facilitation for senior executives. In addition to his on-going work helping senior executives develop their interpersonal and leadership skills‚ and to understand better and use their emotional intelligence (EQ). This book is an insight into the methods of Transactional Analysis as a form of Therapy for a depressed Toad from
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