Counselling Skills

Skills for Effective Counselling

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PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLING INVOLVES an Interpersonal Relationship WITH

an Individual

WHO

is Seeking Help

FOR

dealing with Personal Issues

THAT

Interfere or Detract from a satisfactory life

The COUNSELLOR is WILLING to GIVE HELP in a SETTING that PERMITS help to be given and received. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/

Stages in Counselling Termination and Follow up Initiating Interventions Goal Setting

Assessment of the Problem Rapport and Relationship Building http://groups.yahoo.com/group/

Reflection Diagram Reflection

Theory

Skill

Practice http://groups.yahoo.com/group/

Values

EFFECTIVE HELPER Other Genuineness

Self ATTITUDE

Trustworthiness

Empathy Objectivity

AWARENESS of SELF

Unconditional Positive Regard

Interpersonal Attractiveness Competence

Assumptions

Sensitivity to understand ethnic and cultural factors http://groups.yahoo.com/group/

SKILLS FOR COUNSELLING Skills to Work with Listening Client’s Feelings Clarifying Help Express feelings questions Identify & Discriminate Use of Openbet.feelings ended questions Help to Alter/Accept feelings Assessing Attend to Verbal/Nonverbal Cues Ability-potential Convey Support :Verbal deciding & Nonverbal methods response http://groups.yahoo.com/group/

Assertive Styles • Supporting/caring - FEELERS Communicates, Warmth, Nurturing & Concern for others • Directing/Guiding - DOERS and/or THINKERS Communicates a no-nonsense, authoritative approach, concern for results • Annalytical - THINKER Communicates facts, information, thoughts and probabilities. • Expressive - DOERS or FEELERS Communicates, feelings & needs in an open and expressive manner http://groups.yahoo.com/group/

Verbal Assertive Training Skills • Broken Record • Fogging • Free Information & self disclosure • Negative Assertion • Negative Inquiry • Workable compromise http://groups.yahoo.com/group/

Group CounsellingTechniques •Establishing Trust •Dealingresistance,anxiety,conflict, difficult members •Group Cohesion

•Facilitation Style http://groups.yahoo.com/group/

Conflict Styles Concern for Self (Assertiveness)

Collaborating (integrating)

Competing (dominating)

Compromising

Accommodating (obliging)

Avoiding

Concern for Others (Cooperativeness) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/

COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS • All Or Nothing Thinking

(Black and white categories) • Overgeneralization

(negative event as never ending pattern of defeat) • Mental Filter

(Pick neg.detail & dwell on it) • Disqualify the positive (reject positive events) • Jumping to conclusions (make

negative interpretation,although no negative facts available) Mind reading, Fortune teller error

• Magnification/minimization

(magnify other’s ach., minimize own ach.) • Emotional reasoning

(neg.events reflect way things are) • Shoulds/musts statements

• Personalization

(see self as cause of negative event although not primarily responsible for it)

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COUNSELLING • REQUIRES PRINCIPLES OF MANAGING FROM THE “HEART” • Hear and understand me • Even if you disagree, don’t get me wrong • Acknowledge the greatness within me • Remember to look for my loving intentions • Tell the truth with compassion http://groups.yahoo.com/group/