week 1: what is counselling? reflective practice

Question 1

what is reflective practice essential for

Answer 1

responsible and ethical practice
a process that stimulates critical thinking and deep learning

Question 2

why is it essential be reflective on practice

Answer 2

it invites us to take responsibility for our actions and values
it enables us to learn from experience
it provides strategies to bring things out in the open
challenges assumptions
builds confidence in our ability
prevents stagnation
helps us link theory to practice

Question 3

what does reflective practice challenge

Answer 3

assumptions
social and cultural biases
inequalities
questions our own behaviours which may silence or marginalise voices of others

Question 4

what is inductive lerning

Answer 4

learning that is centred to you rather than the facilitator
eg. a ‘how come’ learning style

Question 5

what does inductive learning enable

Answer 5

enables us to constantly grow our practice through building on and/or changing our behaviour as a result of an experience or input

Question 6

what does inductive learning overcome

Answer 6

the tendency to simply agree and go along can increase the teams access to multiple viewpoints

Question 7

what is the inductive learning cycle stages

Answer 7

experiencing
publishing
- what
processing
- so what
generalising
- now what
applying

Question 8

when does the experiential learning cycle occur

Answer 8

when a person engages in some activity, looks back at the activity critically, abstracts some useful insight from the analysis, and puts the results to work through a change in behaviour

Question 9

what type of process is the experiential learning cycle

Answer 9

an inductive process

Question 10

what is the first stage of the experiential/inductive learning cycle and what does it represent

Answer 10

experiencing stage and represents the activity stage

Question 11

what is the second stage of the experiential/inductive learning cycle and what does it represent

Answer 11

publishing and represents sharing reactions and observations
- inputting data stage

Question 12

what is the third stage of the experiential/inductive learning stage and what does it represent

Answer 12

processing stage is the discussing patterns and dynamics
eg. in this stage participants start asking questions

Question 13

what is the 4th stage of the experiential learning cycle

Answer 13

generalising
developing real world principles eg. finding patterns occuring in the real world

Question 14

what is the final stage of the experiential learning stage

Answer 14

applying
planning effective use of learning

Question 15

what is the central question of the applying stage

Answer 15

now what

Question 16

what is the most common reason people seek counselling

Answer 16

relationship or developmental changes

Question 17

why is it bad for clients to see counsellors as superior experts who have all the answers

Answer 17

it disempowers the client instead of helping them to learn self -reliant ways of behaving

Question 18

what dont counsellors do

Answer 18

problem solve or give direct advice

Question 19

what do counsellors do

Answer 19

Counsellors generally try to empower clients so that they can become self-sufficient and discover their own solutions rather than be dependent on someone else’s advice

Question 20

when do most people seek counselling

Answer 20

Most people seek counselling only when they encounter physical or emotional crisis

Question 21

what is a central feature of counselling

Answer 21

A central feature of counselling is the client-counsellor relationship

Question 22

counsellor’s motivation inevitably influences their:

Answer 22

effectiveness

Question 23

goals of the counselling process

Answer 23

working with the client to help them sort out their problems and discover solutions, helping the client to change their thinking and behaviours, empowering the client to become self-sufficient, and helping the client to feel better.

Question 24

effectiveness of counselling is highly dependent on what

Answer 24

effectiveness of counselling is highly dependent on the quality of the relationship between the client and the counsellor.

Question 25

DESIRABLE COUNSELLOR QUALITIES WHEN USING AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH

Answer 25

1. congruent
2. empathic, warm and sensitive with good rapport
3. non-judgmental with unconditional positive regard
4. attentive, understanding and supportive
5. collaborative while showing respect for the client’s competence
6. proficient in using counselling skills purposefully.

Question 26

what does it mean to be congruent

Answer 26

To be congruent the counsellor must be genuinely themself, a complete, integrated and whole person

Question 27

in order to be congruent some times counsellors need to:

Answer 27

self-disclose a small amount of personal info

Question 28

what happens when counsellors self disclose too much personal info

Answer 28

Excessive and inappropriate self-disclosure by a counsellor would be likely to move the focus onto the counsellor’s issues rather than the client’s

Question 29

what is unconditional positive regard

Answer 29

accepting the client completely, in a non-judgmental way, as the person, they are, with all their frailties and weaknesses, and with all their strengths and positive qualities