Over the past one and half month, the class of PDE 502 (Counselling and Career Education) has taught me some major lessons for life in dealing with the clients in response to their emotional needs. The role of a counsellor is not unlike that of a friend where by it is nurtured by being in each other’s company, talking over everyday issues and sharing feelings. However, what sets a counsellor apart is their experience and the ability to apply counselling theories and techniques to assist people in gaining awareness, insight and explore ways of solving their own issues.
The purpose of this reflection is to reflect upon the use of counselling skills, which I have applied in the role-play with the goal of establishing healthy rapport building. …show more content…
Thereupon, I briefly explained my role, indicated the length of time I had to spend with him and then proceeded to broach the issue of confidentiality in a sensitive manner. From the outset, I wanted Phurpa to feel relaxed and comfortable. I attempted to establish a safe atmosphere for Phurpa to disclose his issues and also to develop a sense of trust between us by conveying a non-judgemental attitude. Overall, my intended goal was to help Phurpa to discover his own answers by establishing an environment that was facilitative and …show more content…
I also came off as nervous and unsure of myself as a counsellor. Those are several areas that I felt I needed improvement. However, I feel that it would have been more helpful to use different types of questions to demonstrate greater flexibility of which is required in a variety of situations. Throughout the session, I applied a couple of examples in which I reflected the client’s expression of feeling. The purpose of these reflections was to allow Phurpa to ‘hear’ his own thoughts and also to allow him to feel in sightly. ‘You said you were sad…’ was one example of an empathetic response I used in relation to the feelings that Phurpa expressed. Although I found this type of questioning was helpful in identifying the client feeling, but I felt that I performed in a bit clumsily.
Towards the end, I performed the summary with the aim of giving Phurpa a snapshot of the overall conversation. For an instance `from what we’ve talked about today, you have told me that you are very stressed unable to balanced your personal interest and difficult to cope up with your father expectations. You have also identified the father expectations-excelling in academics and the snatch of your freedom to be socializing with friends and soul mate and how this is impacting on
The purpose of this reflection is to reflect upon the use of counselling skills, which I have applied in the role-play with the goal of establishing healthy rapport building. …show more content…
Thereupon, I briefly explained my role, indicated the length of time I had to spend with him and then proceeded to broach the issue of confidentiality in a sensitive manner. From the outset, I wanted Phurpa to feel relaxed and comfortable. I attempted to establish a safe atmosphere for Phurpa to disclose his issues and also to develop a sense of trust between us by conveying a non-judgemental attitude. Overall, my intended goal was to help Phurpa to discover his own answers by establishing an environment that was facilitative and …show more content…
I also came off as nervous and unsure of myself as a counsellor. Those are several areas that I felt I needed improvement. However, I feel that it would have been more helpful to use different types of questions to demonstrate greater flexibility of which is required in a variety of situations. Throughout the session, I applied a couple of examples in which I reflected the client’s expression of feeling. The purpose of these reflections was to allow Phurpa to ‘hear’ his own thoughts and also to allow him to feel in sightly. ‘You said you were sad…’ was one example of an empathetic response I used in relation to the feelings that Phurpa expressed. Although I found this type of questioning was helpful in identifying the client feeling, but I felt that I performed in a bit clumsily.
Towards the end, I performed the summary with the aim of giving Phurpa a snapshot of the overall conversation. For an instance `from what we’ve talked about today, you have told me that you are very stressed unable to balanced your personal interest and difficult to cope up with your father expectations. You have also identified the father expectations-excelling in academics and the snatch of your freedom to be socializing with friends and soul mate and how this is impacting on