Clinical Skills In Counseling

Clinical Skill: After taking this counseling class I believe I have learned a lot about how I don’t think I would be the best-fit person to counsel someone and their problems. I don’t think I mastered any particular skills this semester, but I can say my skills got better. The first counseling skill that I got better with is open-ended questions. Like I said before, I don’t think I mastered any skill but when I used open-ended questions I believe my client communicated a lot more with me. I got to ask one question and learned multiple answers by this counseling technique used. This skill was very easy for me because most of the questions I asked were open-ended. You do not realize how many open-ended questions you ask a person on a daily basis. So, implying this skill in a counseling session was very easy for me to do and to get better at, because I get to use this skill on a daily. The second skill I got better at while practicing my counseling techniques is the use of nonverbal. This skill is how a therapist utilizes nonverbal cues to communicate in a way with the client that makes them …show more content…
The fact that his mother was very strict with him and his siblings could be one of many reasons on why he is so controlling and serious now. Since I am a white female I would have to extend my knowledge on the cultural upbringing in an African American household. Lastly, I think him being in the Navy would be another reason for special multicultural attention because of the experiences and incidents he had to deal with. Not many people are familiar with what he went through in the Navy and how it affected him and his life. I would also need to educate myself on how soldiers deal with traumas, P.T.S.D, and knowing the extent on how they interact and feel with situations and people once they retire or leave from the