Maintaining and developing a counselling relationship Counselling is a process that enables a person to clarify issues that are problematic and to take decisions about managing their lives better. “Counselling takes place when a counsellor sees a client in a private and confidential setting to explore a difficulty the client is having‚ distress they may be experiencing or perhaps their dissatisfaction with life‚ or loss of sense of direction or purpose. It is always at the request of the client as
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Certificate In Counselling Skills Level 3 Unit 1 Assignment: Creating A Counselling Skills Professional Framework Report 1. Understand What Is Meant By Counselling Skills Counselling skills are a set of communication tools‚ or a competency or accomplishment in communication‚ acquired or developed. Rather than discuss the 6 classic Rogerian necessary conditions of Person-Centred Counselling‚ I will focus on some Counselling skills used
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To have good ethical practice within counselling it is important that there are boundaries and contracts in place that are agreed to and understood by both the counsellor and the client. At the start of each new counselling session it is important that a contract is set out between the client and counsellor. The BACP states ’good practice involves clarfiying and agreeing to the rights and responsibilities of both the counsellor and the client at appropriate points in their working relationship’
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modern definition of psychology. Zimbardo defines psychology as ’scientific study of behaviour of individuals and their mental processes’ (1992). There are several major approaches in psychology: psychodynamic‚ behaviouristic‚ humanistic and cognitive. This essay focuses on psychodynamic and cognitive approach. Psychodynamic approach was started by Sigmund Freud. In 1900 he published psychoanalist theory of personality‚ in which he had noticed a relation between mental disease and mind (not demons
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questions: What is counselling? How does a counsellor differ from a friend? In this essay‚ this topic will be further explored and expanded upon. I will give a greater understanding of both‚ and by doing so we will be able to more accurately decipher the two. Let us begin by defining the question: What is a counsellor? “You may be surprised to find that there is no single definition of helping that holds true for all contexts‚” (Peter Saunders (2011). First Steps in Counselling. Ross-on-Wye: PCCS
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What I understand by the term Person- Centred Counselling Person-Centred counselling was developed by the psychologist Dr. Carl Rogers . It is a humanistic non-directive approach to counselling where the counsellor allows the client to lead the conversation and not try to steer them in a particular direction. A fundamental part of this type of counselling is the therapeutic relationship between Counsellor/Client. An important part of this is providing an environment where a person feels free from
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Unit K/601/7629 Professional Organisational Issues in Counselling 1.1 Define what is meant by the term counselling Counseling is a therapeutic relationship with a trained professional to help you understand the underlying causes of your problems and help you to find different ways of coping with and dealing with your difficulties. 1.2 Explain their own philosophical approach to counselling “Counselling is a multi-dimensional process to aid the well-being of an individual‚ using techniques
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and provide an understanding of psychodynamic theory and its application. This will be done in relation to a case study and role play carried out on Frances Ashe‚ a middle aged woman who has been in therapy for five years. The key concepts of psychodynamic theory which will be explored further include stages of development‚ ego defences and past and present links. Psychodynamic refers to the inner drives and conflicts of the mind. Psychodynamic counselling is derived from psychoanalytic traditions
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Cultural Awareness in Counselling practices I have chosen to focus this assignment on the Aboriginal and Vietnamese cultures. I hope to be working in an area which will have these two cultures as the dominant groups. The reason I have focussed on Vietnamese refugees instead of the culture of Vietnam as a whole is that the facility I hope to work in has refugees as its main client group. I will give an overview of my research into how best to work in a counselling relationship with people from
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Counselling Skills Assignment: 1 23.04.14 Assignment 1. 1. Briefly describe in your own words what is meant by the term ‘counselling’. Counselling is a type of therapy offered to people who is experiencing any difficulties or troubles in life. Counselling gives them a chance to explore and address their problems and to figure out and decide how to deal with these problems emotionally and move on in their life. 2. What factors may make it difficult for a client to commit to counselling? What
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