Chapter 1 Flashcards
Clearer goals develop and solutions usually follow by?
Developing an empathic relationship and listening carefully
Love is….
Listening
You cannot become a successful counselor or therapist unless you have….
Solid interviewing skills
Interviewing
Basic process used for gathering data, providing information, and helping clients resolve issues
Counseling
more intensive and personal process than interviewing. Is more about listening and understanding a clients life challenges as well as developing strategies for change and growth
Psychotherapy
focuses on more deep seated personality or behavioral difficulties, and could take longer
Micro skills
communication skill units that help you to interact more effectively with a client; basic to all fields that communicate with clients
Micro skill Model
designed to show you how to use specific skills to master the art of communicating with a client
Micro-
breaking down complex, larger components into more precise, small and manageable components
Practice and feedback are
key to mastering all skills
Micros skills Hierarchy
provide the specifics that will enable you to work with a multitude of clients and anticipate which skill will likely be most effective with what anticipated result; gives a clear sense of how to organize and structure a session
Multicultural competence, Ethics, positive psychology/resilience approach
The foundation of micro skills hierarchy
Attending, Observation, and Empathy skills
key to the listening process and cultural intentionality; this type of behavior is critical for developing a working relationship and drawing out client stories
Questioning, Paraphrasing, Summarizing and Reflection of feeling
these skills are termed the basic listening sequence(BLS); elaborate on attending and observation and enable you to draw out client stories and concerns fully; clarifying client cognitive/ emotional stories as well as demonstrating to clients that they have been HEARD
Five Stage Interview and skill integration
Empathic relationship, story and strength, goals, restory, action
Active Strategies for change
focuses more on microskills that are used in stages 4 and 5 of the interview
Empathic confrontation helps…
clients discover and resolve inconsistencies and conflicts
Reflection of meaning, Interpretation/reframing, empathic self-disclosure and feedback
helps clients restory and think about their issues in new ways, which in turn leads to new thoughts, feelings and bhaviors
Directives, Psychoeducation, Natural and Logical Consequences
Enables you to put an active active “positive spin on client change
Skill Integration
Where I blend microskills while addressing case management treatment planning for future sessions
Crisis Counseling
Provides a second opportunity for skill integration
Determining Personal Style and Theory
Put it all together to find your style
Microskills Research
“More than 450 microskills research studies have been conducted”
Cultural Intentionality
is acting with a sense of capability and choosing from among a range of alternative actions, interviewing skills and helping theories, always considering the cultural and ethnic characteristics of the client
The basic rule of helping
If a helping lead or microskill doesn’t work doesn’t work–try another!
client will benefit from
if they feel heard and respected as they discover new ways to resolve their concerns
Our goal is
To help clients develop skills that will empower them to face and effectively cope with current and future situations and challenges. This is what we call self-healing or resilience.
