Essay on Counselling Interview Skills Ass. 1

After I left the counselling session, I felt relieved as though I had a load off my chest. I realised the counsellor let me express what I wanted to but used history as a guise. I spoke freely about all aspects of my life and the counsellor didn’t need to say too much. She quietly, but professionally took notes when a point of interest arose but didn’t let the note-taking affect the flow of talk. I noted that expressions on people’s faces can greatly determine the nature of the conversation. If someone looks easy to talk to, then they probably are as their body language can emphasise and express feelings (Egan, 2007, p .84). I noticed the importance of simple and respectful questioning and how it promotes more talking. If the question requires the client to think and reflect on the situation at hand then I believe it is a worthy question to ask (Egan, 2007, p. 95). Open questions that my counsellor asked such as “how do you think you will react when your wife comes back to Australia?” challenged the way I was thinking at the time and promoted reflection (Egan,

This How a client perceives a counselor is very important in how they effective they feel they

'....place rather more emphasis on the early tasks of clarifying clients' needs and identifying best how to proceed.' (Kidd, 2006, P.89)

Use your work from P3 and analyse (consider in detail) it e.g. what are your strengths in counselling skills, why you think they are your strengths and where do you use them. What are your weaknesses, why do you think they are your weaknesses and what can you do to turn them into strengths.

As with all counselling sessions, "joining" with the client is very essential to build the rapport with our client so that we are able to work together to identify and achieve the contracted goals. Having a good rapport with client is one of the active

Carl Rogers, Born in Chicago in 1902 as the 4th of 6 children in a strict Fundamentalist Christian household.

Feeling that the counsellor accurately understands you, what you are saying or trying to say and what you are feeling or experiencing

By being aware of the essential communication skills, I believe it does not only make me a better helper but also a better friend and listener. In this paper I will discuss about my personal experience as a helper during a counselling session and also reflect on what I have learnt during the previous 10 weeks in the classroom.

The counselling process is based on the exchange of emotions between the client and the counsellor which aims to form an alliance (Hough, 1998). It involves the counsellor using skills in which they possess in order to communicate effectively with clients (Hough, 1998). This reflective essay clearly articulates my application of counselling skills used in this practice session and suggestions for improvement. It will provide a summary of the session, identification of a range of skills used and a brief explanation of the reasons for using the skill. It will also provide an evaluation of my application of the skills chosen, including verbatim examples, suggestions for improvement, also including verbatim examples to demonstrate what could

The three concepts I have chosen to identify for this book report assignment are, basic empathy, motivation, and reframing. I feel that those concepts are important for counsellors to have as skils.

then focus on chosen issues. In this stage the Skilled Helper helps the client to

In addition to this, I will be attaining feedback from my client after discussing each stage of the therapeutic process in detail to help me understand what worked well for the client and gain more insight into what I need to improve in order for my future sessions to be more successful. Before the beginning of the session, I made sure I place the chairs in an appropriate position to promote equality and decrease the power dynamic between myself and the

* Differentiation and elaboration of experience. Clients start back seeing things in a very black and white manner with no grey areas. This change during the counselling process.

It is important for supervisors and managers to understand the uses and applications of counseling interviews because management needs to understand their employees needs inside and outside of work. Management needs to know when an employee needs counseling and how to be there for them in a professional manner. Management needs to understand the difference of when an employee needs counseling and when an employee just has an issue regarding work. By giving employees counseling interviews, management helps the employee and will increase productivity. Employees will be able to trust their managers more and respect them more knowing that they are there for the employee when in need or when they are going through a tough spot in life.

Contextual information is considered crucial for “thick description” of communication events. All actions that precede a particular behavior that might help one to interpret that behavior) and emergent contexts (all events that follow the behavior that might help one to interpret the behavior) adds to the understanding of interpersonal exchange. Communication contexts have been considered in many diverse ways. The first, is as a broad areas defining the field of communication, the second, as social settings (e.g. cocktail parties) and institutional settings (e.g. schools, prisons), the third, as types of relationships and roles (e.g. tasks, social, and family) the fourth, as objects or characteristics of the environment, and as message variables (e.g. language style, affect display preceding and subsequent to text). Therefore context may encapsulate psychological, behavioral, and environmental perspectives.