Name: ID: Module: Developing Counselling Skills in Health and Social Care Contents Introduction In any health and social care setting‚ employees at all levels will be required to listen to patients‚ clients‚ their friends and relatives expressing their views‚ concerns and emotions. These can be complex and sometimes difficult interactions; therefore it is important that employees have the skills and necessary professional boundaries
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Improve Counselling Skills: Assignment 1 Reflective Practice Task Due Date: Word Count: 1500 words (guide only) For this assignment you need to keep a journal for the first few weeks of the module. The aim of the journal is to reflect on various aspects of professional practice‚ study challenges‚ or any other feature of counselling work or study. You do not hand in the journal. Using the information gathered during this process you will write the practice task reflecting on your professional
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Lay counselling provides additional support that is not as structured or restrictive‚ and generally runs alongside professional counselling sessions. A lay counsellor is a trained individual who understands the importance of providing a listening ear‚ support and guidance and that sometimes this kind of help and understanding cannot be restricted to appointment times only. Whilst a lay counsellor has counselling knowledge this person may not work as a therapist or counsellor‚ and has acquired counselling
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Montalbo‚ Ma. Christine D. II-6 BSE Social Sciences ------------------------------------------------- Professional Education 5 – Guidance and Counselling Concepts of Guidance and Counselling GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING * defined as a planned and organized work aimed at assisting the trainee to understand himself and his abilities and develop his potentialities in order to solve his problems and achieve psychological‚ social‚ educational and professional compatibility. GUIDANCE * Guidance
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BACKGROUND RESEARCH OF THE CHOSEN CLIENT GROUP 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE CLIENT GROUP The client group here refers to male executives in the age group of 40 – 45 years old who assume senior management or executive roles in a commercial organisation. For a male executive‚ work is likely to be the primary source of stress in his life. Occupational stress has been defined as a "global epidemic" by the United Nations ’ International Labour Organization. A study by the National Institute for Occupational
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In this essay I mainly discuss the theory and concepts behind psychodynamic counselling‚ followed by brief discussions of the practice and skills involved in working as a psychodynamic counsellor‚ and the client’s experience of counselling. Theory/concepts Psychodynamic counselling is mainly concerned with unconscious processes; it takes for granted that humans possess a largely unconscious inner world. Freud argued that while the conscious mind is governed by logic‚ the unconscious mind is
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Outline the Primary Skills Used in Counselling Relationships Introduction At various stages of my life I have had counselling and have tried to use what I have observed to illustrate the three core conditions that are Empathy‚ Congruence and Unconditional Positive Regard which make up the key elements to understanding the Person-centered approach to counselling‚ along with other specific areas‚ which help to outline the primary skills needed. Listening and Body Language One of the most important
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multitude of skills in order to create a supportive environment so that the best possible results for the patient can be achieved. Patients would appear to feel more satisfied and to respond positively to the helper when “They are welcomed and seen on time They feel they have been heard and understood They are given information they recognise as relevant to them They understand what they have to do.” [Gable 2007 pg.5] In this essay I aim to explore some of the methods‚ approaches and skills available
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Understand Different Approaches to the use of Counselling Skills Introduction I am writing about the different approaches used in counselling skills such as Humanistic Approach and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Approach. I will be discussing the key concepts in each approach and contrast both approaches. While Maslow was more of a theorist‚ Carl Rogers was more of a therapist. His professional goal was more on helping people change and improve their lives. He was a true follower of
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“Person-Centred” Counselling Person-centred counselling is a form of therapy which allows the client to be at the core of their own therapy and make their own goals. For the person-centred approach to be effective a relationship built on trust must be formed between the counsellor and the individual. This essay will explore the theoretical ideas and practice skills of person centred counselling. Key figure (Founder) and Major Focus Carl Rogers (1902-1987)‚ an American psychologist was the key figure
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