Chapter 1 Flashcards
Core Values
- Individuals viewed as agents of their own change
- Value clients strengths and resources
- Therapeutic relationships are viewed as central mechanisms of change (openminded)
- Sensitivity to diverse sociocultural factors unique to each client
*Counselling psychology is unique as it’s…
- Collaborative
- Holistic (thinking of whole being)
- Client-centered (client is the expert/client driven)
- Multicultural
- Strength-based (not ‘what’s wrong /w u’ but ‘what happened to u’)
->prevention, advocacy, intervention
Describe the strength-based approach to psychology
Focus on growth and wellness rather than illness and disease
What are the scopes of practice?
- Assessment
- Treatment
- Research
What are some common client issues?
->distress associated with life events and transitions
->decision-making
->work, career, education
->family and social relationships
->mental health and physical concerns
Describe client treatment and intervention
->research informed or evidence based practice
->utilize a variety of theoretical models to inform practice (tailored problem + treatment to client/issue)
Describe research practice
->human development and adaptive functioning
->process of counselling and psychotherapy
->influence of culture and diversity
->greater utilization of qualitative and mixed methods research
*Counselling is traditionally defined as…
…conceived as a process concerned with helping functioning or healthy people to achieve their goals or to function more appropriately
What is the focus of counselling?
->educational
->situational
->developmental
->problem-solving focus
->focus on present
->help people develop more options for their lives
->designed to target a specific problem
*Psychotherapy traditionally defined as…
…reconstructive, remedial, in-depth work with individuals who suffer from mental disorders or who evidence serious coping deficiencies
What is the focus of psychotherapy?
-> long-term (more serious issues)
->intense process
->focus on the past (to help in present)
->goal is to gain insight into chronic physical and emotional problems
->directed towards reparative change in a persons life
Effective counsellors have/are a…
- strong sense of self
- openness to change
- authentic, sincere, honest
- sense of humor
- make mistakes and willing to admit them
- live in the present
- maintain healthy boundaries
->more successful with these qualities
->authenticity
What are some limitations/issues faced by beginning counsellors?
- dealing with anxieties
- understanding silence
- dealing with demands from clients
- being one’s self and self disclosing
- avoiding perfectionism
- dealing with clients who lack commitment
- being honest about limitations
- tolerating ambiguity
- avoiding losing one’s self in one’s client
- defining one’s role as counsellor
- learning to use techniques appropriately
- developing sense of humor
- sharing responsibility with client
- developing one’s own counselling style
- declining to give advice
Counselling for the counsellor
->research shows that it is important to counsellors personal and professional development
->if one is not committed personally to the value of examining life, how can he/she inspire clients to examine their lives?
