PSYC201 Lecture 13: Review of All Weeks
2 Jun 2018
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Week 13: PSYC201 Lecture
Exam content –
• Understanding of theories of counseling
o CBT
o Brief Solution Focused therapy
• Methods of interviewing in counseling settings
• Working knowledge around the principles of ethical and professional practice
o Confidentiality
• Apply critical thinking and independent learning to solve problems related to
counseling in the workplace
Part 2: Counselling Skills
• The Five-stage counseling session
o Empathic relationship
o Story and strengths
o Goals
o Restory
o Action
• Empathic relationship
o Initiate the session
o Build rapport
o Lay out the structure for the session
o Opening interview
▪ Be welcoming
▪ Using name
▪ Reiterate your name/position/context
▪ Make client comfortable
▪ What is the purpose/process/time frame
▪ Confidentiality
▪ Cultural/disability issues
▪ Taking notes
o Engagement stage:
▪ Before we start taking about your concerns, I would like to find
out a little about your life. Is it okay to ask you a few
questions?
▪ Work and employment
▪ Immediate family
▪ Recreational activities and interests
▪ Friends, supports, wide family and relatives
• Story and strengths
o Aim is to obtain an overview of the presenting problem
o Do not offer advice
o Maintain a neutral curiosity
o Use open ended questions
o Gather data
o Draw out client concerns, issues or challenges
o Use attending and empathy skills
o Behavioural sequence
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