Chapter 6 Flashcards
The two struggles when building relationships
battle for structure and battle for initiative
involves issues of administrative control
battle for structure
concerns the motivation for change and client responsibility
battle for initiative
skills that include atheoretical and social-learning behaviors such as attending, encouraging, reflecting, and listening
microskills
Factors that influence the Counseling process
seriousness, structure, initiative, the physical setting, client qualities, counselor qualities
a joint understanding between the counselor and client regarding the characteristics, conditions, procedures, and parameters of counseling
structure in counseling
time-limits, action limits, role lists, procedural limits
practice guidelines
for the prevention of destructive behavior
action limits
what will be expected of each participant
role limits
in which the client is given the responsibility to work on specific goals or needs
procedural limits
include details about the nature of counseling, expectations, responsibilities, methods, and ethic of counseling
professional disclosure statements
the motivation to change
initiative
blaming a person when the problem was not entirely his or her fault
scapegoating
counselor assumes role of client to understand and imagine how it would feel to come for counseling; promotes counselor empathy
role-reversal exercise
one who has been referred by a third party and is frequently “unmotivated to seek help”
reluctant client
a person in counseling who is unwilling, unready, or opposed to change; may seek counseling, but does not wish to go through emotional pain, change in perspective, or enhanced awareness that counseling demands; IDK
resistant client
how many forms of resistance?
22
acceptance, patience, anticipate it, confrontation, metaphors, mattering
ways counselors help clients be less resistant
the counselor asks the client to comply with a minor request, and then later follows with a larger request
foot in the door
the counselor asks the client to so a seemingly impossible task and then follows by requesting the client to do a more reasonable task
door in the face
counselor simply points out to the client exactly what the client is doing, such as being inconsistent
confrontation
can be used to teach and reduce threat levels by providing stories, by painting images, by offering fresh insights, by challenging rigid thinking…
metaphors
the perception that as human beings, we are important and significant to the world around us and to others in our lives
“mattering”
should be comfortable and attractive; not overwhelming, noisy or distracting; soft lighting, quiet colors, comfortable furniture, no distraction, smells, distance
physical setting