Basic elements of Counselling
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B a s I c E l e m e n t s o f
CounselingCounseling
What is Counselling?
Counseling is a process whereby a trained,
competent counselor will help or assist an individual who is seeking help in gaining greater
understanding of selfunderstanding of self, improved decision-making and behavior changes,
to overcome his or her problems.
Counseling is Counseling is NOTNOT
Giving of advice
Giving of informationInfluencing attitudes, behavior or beliefs by Influencing attitudes, behavior or beliefs by
persuading or convincing.The selection of and assignments of individuals for
various jobs or activities.
Interviewing, even though sometimes interviewing may be part of the process.
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It’s Only Possible, if
CounselorCounselorCounselorCounselorCounselorCounselorCounselorCounselor◦ Has the willingness to accept
◦ Builds Rapport
◦ Listens unconditionally
◦ Has Confidence / Trust
CounseleeCounseleeCounseleeCounseleeCounseleeCounseleeCounseleeCounselee◦ Is Willing to Unwrap / Open
one’s self
◦ Is Confident / Trusts one’s
self◦ Has Confidence / Trust
◦ Gives enough time
◦ Analyzes the problem, &
◦ Explores Possibilities
self
◦ Makes time
◦ Works on the possibilities
◦ Remains Positive &
Optimistic
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Basic Skills of Counselling
L for Listen
Understand the verbal and
nonverbal informationnonverbal informationOften Non verbal skills are more indicating
of the person’s internal struggle and real
emotions.
I for InvestigateGet the Counselee to Talk
Open-Ended Questions –
“Tell me about your family while you were growing up”, “Why is that important
to you?”to you?”
The purposes of Open-Ended Questions are the following:
Begins an interview
Encourages client to elaborate on their situation
Elicits specific examples
Motivates counselees to communicate
V for VerifyThe ability to perceive another's experience and then to communicate that
perception back to the individual to clarify and amplify their own
experience and meaning, also calledParaphrasing.
There are four steps in effective paraphrasing:
Listen and recall
Identify the content
Rephrase.
Perception check.
E for enlightenEnlightening the Counselee or Summarizing is
condensing the client’s messages in the session.
Purposes of a SummaryPurposes of a Summary
To tie together multiple elements of client messages
To identify a common theme or pattern
To interrupt excessive rambling
To start a session
To end a session
To pace a session
To review progress
To serve as a transition when changing topic
S for SEE the whole
Reflection helps clients to feel understood,
expresses more feelings, manages feelings,
differentiatesdifferentiates among various feelings.
Empathize with the Counselee and the problem/issue.
Knowledge & Sound mindAcceptanceListening
CommunicationPatience
Good body language and eye
Confidentiality
Flexibility
Empathy
Self control
Observation
LIVES include
Good body language and eye contactHumor
Observation
Analyzing skills
Non Judgmental attitude
Self awareness
Cultural Awareness
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LIVES
V means to VerifyE means to Enlighten
S means to See the Whole
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