Chapter 7 Flashcards
when the client accuses the counselor of neglecting or acting negatively toward him or her; must be worked through
negative transference
appears to add something to the relationship; client admiration for the counselor
postive transference
refers to the counselor’s projected emotional reaction to or behavior toward the client; may be irrational, neurotic; often harmful to counselor’s coping resources
countertransference
two major approaches to the problem of conceptualizing countertransference
classic approach (seen negatively, unconscious reaction to client); total approach (positive, diagnostic tool for understanding aspects of the client’s unconscious motivations)
feeling a constant desire to please the client, identifying with the problems of the client so much that one loses objectivity, developing feelings toward client, giving advice compulsively, wanted to develop social relationship with client
manifestation of countertransference
in which the counselor loses his or her ability to remain emotionally distant from the client
overidentification
in which the counselor becomes emotionally removed from the client, may express itself in counselor behavior as aloof, non empathetic, hostile, cold, antagonstic
disidentification
involves working in a professional relationship with a more experienced counselor so that the counselor being supervised can simultaneously monitor and enhance the services he or she offers to clients
supervision
has twin components: genuine and realism, will emerge
real relationship
the intent to avoid deception, including self-deception
genuineness
perceiving or experiencing the other in ways that benefit the other
realism
the process by which people come to describe, explain, or otherwise account for the world (including themselves) in which they live
social construction perspective
involves strong persuasive skill and direction
leading
“hmmm” “yeS” “I hear you:
minimal leads
confrontation through leading
maximum leads
visual, auditory, kinesthetic, affective repenses, behavioral, cognitive
multi focused responding
achieved when counselors see client’s worlds from the clients’ point of view and are able to communicate this understand back; involves perceptiveness, know-how, assertiveness
accurate empathy
when accurate, involves communicating a basic understanding of what the client is feeling and the experiences and behaviors underlying these feelings
primary empathy