Basic Counseling Skills

Basic Counseling Skills

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What does attending mean in counseling?

• Building rapport with the client

• Asking leading questions to clarify the client's understanding

• Being in the company of someone else and giving them your full attention

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What is the purpose of silence in counseling?

• To summarize the main themes that are emerging

• To control the content, pace, and objectives of the session

• To challenge defensiveness and heighten awareness

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What is the role of reflecting?

• To make sure the client knows their story is being listened to

• To focus on the central issues of concern

• To build rapport with the client

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What is the role of paraphrasing in counseling?

• A professional relationship that empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and career goals.

• The counselor repeats and feeds a shorter version of their story back to the client.

• • To sum up the main themes that are emerging.

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What type of questions should a counselor use in counseling?

• Open questions to clarify the client's feelings

• Rhetorical questions to challenge the client's thinking

• Leading questions to impair the counseling relationship

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What does focusing involve in counseling?

• Using silence to control the content and pace of the session

• Summarizing the main themes that are emerging

• Making decisions about the central issues the client wants to deal with

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Why is building rapport important in counseling?

• To establish a sense of connection with the client

• To control the content, pace, and objectives of the session

• To challenge defensiveness and heighten awareness

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What does summaries in counseling do?

• Make sure the client knows their story is being listened to

• • The counselor reflects back the main points of the session (what the client is saying and feeling) so that the client has the opportunity to recap, and to 'correct' the counselor if any parts of the summary feels inaccurate. 

• Clarify the counsellor's understanding of the client's feelings

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Who can benefit from using counseling skills?

• Only individuals with specific training in counselling

• Only therapists and psychologists

• People in various work roles, not just in counselling