COUN106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Self-Awareness, Existentialism, Self-Preservation
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Theory guides what counsellors do with clients: a set of ideas. Insight into problems is necessary before change occurs. If we can help people understand themselves (accept their thoughts and feelings) before they will change. Before carl rogers (1942; 1951), counselling focused on directive advice, diagnosis and interpretation. Congruence (the same) i. e. genuineness, congruence between what he is thinking/feeling and what he is saying is the same thing he leaned forward being engaged in the conversation. Unconditional positive regard? (having respect/acceptance no matter what the client brings) Understood her feelings and helped her explore these. Mutual involvement; sharing of feelings in an open and accepting atmosphere. With friends, you usually weigh up the options together. Opened the conversatio(cid:374) up (cid:449)ith (cid:862)(cid:449)e o(cid:374)ly ha(cid:448)e 3(cid:1004)(cid:373)i(cid:374), let(cid:859)s see (cid:449)hat (cid:449)e (cid:272)a(cid:374) get out of this(cid:863) Ye he(cid:859)s e(cid:374)(cid:272)ouragi(cid:374)g her to (cid:373)ake her o(cid:449)(cid:374) de(cid:272)isio(cid:374)s herself (cid:271)y dis(cid:272)ussi(cid:374)g the pro(cid:271)le(cid:373) helping her to get insight to her problem before she can resolve it.
