Skills in Negotiation and Counselling

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

In my opinion the beginning of the counselling session is one of the most important stage of the process, the client will be very nervous and will not fully trust the process they are about to embark on, their unknown journey they will be nervous. The Client may hold back what they are feeling until they have gained the trust of the counsellor, and know they are safe and in a confidential environment.

I understand counselling to be a helping practice that differs from other helping activities, such as teaching for example. Counselling requires professional training and is specifically contracted or explicitly agreed. It has a theoretical base and uses specific methods within an ethical framework. The relationship between the counsellor and the client is built upon mutual expectation and is central to the process of the client under-going significant change in their lives.

Firstly it’s important to distinguish between using counselling skills and being a counsellor. From my own research I think the distinction revolves

Counsellors do not offer advice as such but instead give an insight into a client’s feelings and behaviour and they help the client to change their behaviour accordingly. They do this by actively listening to what the client has to say and comment from a professional perspective. Counsellors are trained to be effective helpers, especially in sensitive and difficult situations. They have to be independent, very neutral and professional as well as respecting the privacy and confidentiality of a client. Counselling can help clients to clarify their problems, identify the changes they wish to make and give them a fresh perspective. Counsellors should help them to seek other options and look at the impact that life events have made on the

During our counselling sessions Sally and I may have discussed her issues, difficulties and of course her doubts. As a counsellor I can help Sally determine what her practical goals might be and what is stopping her from achieving them.

Counselling is a process of assisting individuals go through worries and difficulties, (Geldard and Geldard 2012). Consequently, many people strive for counselling help when they cannot handle issues or sometimes when they require expert support to provide

Rebecca lantner is my half sister and she is generally the type of person that likes to stay at home, and relax on the couch. However, when she was 21 years old and in her third year of college at Brandeis, she decided it was time for a new experience and an adventure. In 2014 and she decided to study abroad in London, England. Though she was only going for one semester ( 4 months) Becca was scared out of her mind. Rebecca did not know anybody for thousands of miles, and not to mention, this was her first time going out of the country without an adult.

The case of Pakoro Toyin from Guinea reminds me of a similar research I did in my research 11 class project “The Mental Health Needs of Immigrants”. Pakoro Toyin case follows a unique pattern that often most migrants and college students experienced. While Pakoro can feel homesick from an entire continent, people can even feel homesick by moving just a street away which can apply to out of state students. Findings by Fisher et al., shows that most university environments provide a student with opportunities for advancement, whiles many other needs are not necessarily met, for example 47% of university residents reported financial problems ranging from feeling of poverty to concern about management of little resources; 45% of university residents

My dad went on to explain several reasons for the move – family and education stood out amongst many. I did not complain as I hoped and dreamed for this day. I thought I would be jumping with excitement, but instead I felt anxious.

* 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.

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Client think that her strict and conservative background led her to have a problem with friends and the relationship in general, as she added that she was isolated for so many years due to the home schooling and she has lack of self confident and social skills to deal with others. At the same time, she had no fun in her life and she did not enjoy it at all. All of these factors let her believe in some ethics and values grounded on the family background, faith, and experience which led her to act in a certain way with herself and others. She feels that she is obligated to achieve goals in her life, and she able to do that, but there is no fun, no self-care plan, and no enjoyment. Even when she moved to study, she misses the source of the security in her life which is her family as well as her first boyfriend has anxiety attacks and she feels obligated to help him. All these factors lead her to be depressed.

Counselling a stranger can be difficult, counselling a friend is fraught with difficulties. I found this practice session particularly challenging as I asked a very old friend to play the part of the client. I understand as a result of this session why being a therapist for family and close friends is not advised. Even though I was playing the role of the counsellor, my inner self was in a constant tug-of-war between being a friend and keeping a professional step back as required by a counsellor. The session took place in the home of the client. Her two-year-old daughter was in attendance. This made the session difficult as we were interrupted throughout. There are times in the taping of the session that required us to stop the filming as

The following case study, is a female, Kelly, suffering from several problems with her family. She lives in a low income family and is the important role of family’s pillar. Since she is the oldest daughter and is a student at the same time, her parents fully expected her to take care of younger siblings. As a result, she did not perform well in DSE examination while her parents does not support her to continue study and urge her to gain a livelihood for family. Therefore, she has no idea on her decision making.