will focus particularly on implications for future development. Throughout‚ this essay will aim to bring to the reader an understanding of the importance of basic counselling skills in the achieving of an effective therapeutic alliance (Dryden‚ 2006; Egan‚ 2007; Geldard & Geldard‚ 1997; Geldard & Geldard‚ 2004; Nelson-Jones‚ 2000; Young & Chromy‚ 2005). Alliances which are essential to the counsellor/client relationship as they “are predictors of positive outcomes in all treatment programs... (and are)
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questions when in the helping relationship‚ upon reflection I now know this is because I was using questions to fill the silence as I was not at ease with being watched. This is where I should have been using my listening and challenging skills. Egan 2007‚ ch 8 suggests “using specific challenging skills such as encouragement‚ paraphrasing‚ reflecting and summarising what has been said to keep the client
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Which is the true statement about dealing with challenging clients? A. Helpers should be assertive and demanding toward clients who are resistant or reluctant. B. Helpers should always believe and trust everything the client says. C. If the client is too silent‚ it might be a good idea for the helper to initiate a conversation or change the topic for a while. D. The helper should never discourage or limit client-helper meetings even if the client is being unreasonably and overly demanding.
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Pelling‚ R. Browers‚ & P. Armstrong (Eds.)‚ The practice of counselling (pp. 46-75). Melbourne: Thomson Higher Education. Corey‚ G. (2009) Theory and Practise of Counselling and Psychotherapy. Belmont‚ CA: Thompson Brooks/Cole Egan‚ G. (2007). The Skilled Helper (8th ed.) Belmont‚ CA: Thompson Brooks/Cole Hackney‚ H. L.‚ & Cormier‚ L. S. (2009). Building a working relationship. In The professional counsellor (6th ed.‚ pp. 65-95). Sydney: Pearson Education. McLeod‚J. (2007). Having
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PERSON CENTRED SOCIAL CHANGE Introduction The objectives of the role play exercise was to explore ourselves‚ and more so explore myself as a person and as a practitioner (Community development worker) as well as a therapeutic activist. It was to highlight identity work and the different masks that we put on when working with communities and the challenges that this poses to practitioners and clients. It also highlighted power relations and prejudice that are involved when working with people
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References: Home Learning College (2006) Diploma in Life Coaching. London. Study House Ltd Egan‚ G (1998)The Skilled Helper: A Problem-Management Approach to Helping. Pacific Grove‚ CA. Brooks/Cole Pease‚ A (1997) Body Language: How to Read Others’ Thoughts by their Gestures. London. Sheldon Press
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in the client‚ and eye contact should be maintained but not staring as this can be un-nerving. Being relaxed helps both the client and the counsellor and makes for a better session. Egan believed that if you can show the above behaviours to people‚ then they will feel that you are being supportive towards them. (Egan 2000). Rapport Building Rapport is the foundation of the counselling relationship; it helps to build trust‚ respect and a good feeling of comfort. (Cormier & Hackney 1993). It
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MOODULE 2: THEORIES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELLING THE BEHAVIOURIST THEORY OF COUNSELLING Introduction to Theories A theory can be defined as a systematic way of explaining a fact or an event. It refers to procedure that has been put forward empirically tested that explains a situation as a phenomena. Importance of Theory in Counselling Theories help a counselor to; • Explain the existence of a behaviour by understand if how it’s conceptualized‚ perpetuated and its manifestations
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Attending Skills The attending cluster consist of the following Skills: A Posture of Involvment Appropriate Body Motion Eye Contact Creating a Nondistrcting Enviroment Bolton‚ in his book People Skills (1979)‚ describes attending as giving all of your physical attention to another person. The process of attending‚ whether you realize it or not‚ has a considerable impact on the quality of communication that goes on between two people. For example‚ by attending you are saying to the other person
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The purpose of his assignment is to demonstrate what I have learnt after the completion of the first five learning activities. After I have completed the learning activities I aim to be able to demonstrate my understanding and application of the units content. 1.1 Family members support each other by listening when it is needed. In my family we are all there for each other in any difficult situations. Family members contact each other mainly via phone calls or messages. Social media however
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