Critical Evaluation Of The Counselling Approaches And Skills

ETHICAL FRAMEWORK, LIMITS OF PROFICIENCY AND THE LIMITATIONS ON COUNSELLORS COMPARED TO OTHER PROFESSIONS THAT USE COUNSELLING SKILLS.

The decision to take this course was rooted in a deepening interest in psychotherapy, self–development, the welfare of other people and in a desire to gain a theoretical base to enrich my current arts and health practice.

The early years framework emphasises a personal and individual approach to learning and development because valuing a child’s individuality, ideas and feelings is an important part of developing an individual approach to the learning and development. A child has universal physical needs such as food, drink and shelter and psychological needs such as love, affection, security, friendship which are essential to maintaining their quality of life. In recognising and trying to meet an individual child’s needs each child’s age, physical maturity, intellectual abilities, emotional development, social skills and past experiences and relationships need to be considered.

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

This assignment will show what services are available in early year’s settings and for young people to support positive development. It will show what assessments we carry out within my setting and I will also critically analyse agencies that are available for referrals, transitions and safeguarding for children and young people.

Before I started I went over a contract and I told Jillian how I was

This essay is to illustrate my understanding of the skills of counselling. Evaluate and analyse the value of counselling skill used throughout the recording of the DVD. Furthermore, I will talk about my improvement that I have accomplished during completing this module and lastly I will demonstrate exactly how I can incorporate theories and approaches to support different skills used in the recording of the DVD.

Julia stated to be anxious about her future and unable to sleep. Julia knows that her husband will soon come back from his holiday and she does not know if he is going to ask her to leave, as he changes his mind all the time.

Therapeutic approaches to counselling have evolved over the last century as therapists’ attempt to help their clients’ resolve negative patterns of thoughts and emotions. Whilst fear and sadness are said to be naturally occurring human emotions that evolve and form part of ‘life and living’, society is becoming increasingly aware of the negative physiological implications of stress caused by changes in environmental conditions, and clients’ are encouraged to seek professional help before their emotions spiral out of control leading to anxiety and depression, and in some cases mental health concerns.

A few week into studies at times would feel as though im in my teens back at school overwhelmed in the environment. Then When I attempted to begin my first assignemtn t that’s when I was no longer feeling in my teens but a toddler having outburst and tantrums ready to scream yet cry as I could see how difficult it was to reflect the words in my mind to as simply directively put on paper. when I Then I daunted, I began to commense on my first assignement with the and having received an assignement I was anxious to challenge my self’s ability to finally making my first attempt to actually acknowledge

Of the 6 therapeutic approaches, Cognitive-Behavioral (CB) best fits my current style. I have always had an interest on the ideas of thoughts and feelings, even before deciding to pursue counseling. When I found out there was an approach to counseling that focus the relationship between thoughts and feeling I immediately grew fond of it. In agreement with CB, I believe thoughts and feelings can influence behaviors. I feel that one of my biggest counseling skills is my ability to be supportive and explore cognitive distortions. One of the assumptions of CB is that CB is most effective when the professional establish an environment that is warm, supportive, collaborative (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2012).

Early years educators play a role in helping with the childs psychological development and understanding. A positive relationship with the practitioners and families of a child is essential in order to provide parents with information on their childs psycholgical development. Dockett et al (2007) support this thinking, emphasising that partnerships between families and practitioners which are positive, reciprocal and trusting are the corner stone of early childhood education. An understanding of emotional behavioural disorders amongst practitioners should be mandatory to enable them to aid with the help of a child if needed. Walsh et al (in press) argue the need for early years practitioners to have a sound knowledge and understanding of young children’s developmental pathways in order to be able to ascertain in what direction the child’s understanding is

How do we really find out about the way of life of a group of people? One way is to join them – to participate in their daily activities & observe what they say and do. This research method is known as participant observation.

The counseling skills we needed to demonstrate this week were: attending, minimal encouragers, open-ended questions, restatement of content/feelings, immediacy, goal-setting, summarization, and applying two interventions. I selected Cognitive and Solution-focused as my two interventions to use. I found that the examples in our textbooks and Blackboard resources did not help me as much as I would have liked.

I have seen a new client name, Sally. We’ve met now for 3 sessions. Sally has come to me for support. While being a practitioner to Sally. I must remember to always respect her rights, assuring she is in control of her own decisions whether I agree with her course of actions or not. During, each session I must remember to allow Sally the space to find solutions to many challenges she will be facing during her recovery process from the abuse of alcohol. As I counsel Sally, I must find comfort in myself as well as comforting Sally knowing what kind of therapy I should offer her while since being discharged from Rehabilitation. Sally and I should be just fine, knowing how well I have worked with previous clients.