SAR HP 500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: The Counselor, Nonverbal Communication
19 Mar 2019
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Silence represents one type of counselor response that can result in the client"s continued verbalization and elaboration on a particular theme or topic. Client content refers to his story, the topics and issues he is bringing to the session. Client effect is the associated feeling and internal emotional experience in the context of the story. Process is what is happening at the present moment between you and the client. New counseling students are often surprised to discover that they are not necessarily expected to le very available minute of client interaction with speech. There are going to be times in the session when it will be best for you to say nothing and let the client process and work with the material internally. If your own level of comfort with silence is low, you may nd it bene cial to do some self- exploration to understand yourself as fully as possible.
