SOWK 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Therapeutic Relationship, Active Listening, Reduced Affect Display
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February 8, 2017 focus for class: core communication skills, group skills and group process, exam prep discussion on government relationship with former children"s officer and new children"s officer who provided a very similar critique/recommendations regarding child welfare in. We"ll focus on relationship-building skills: active listening; building rapport; defining the relationship these skills can be applied to any interpersonal situation. We"re looking at effective communication skills for four key reasons: 3. to set mutually agreeable goals: coming from the client"s perspective, these are goals that are mutually agreed on, not imposed on the client. Rogers: psychotherapist who began work in late 1950s/early 1960s broke with freudian approach and developed client-centered approach (shift from medical model) Active listening active listening core skills for relationship-building active listening is a broad category to engage in active listening, there"s a subset of communication skills. Active listening skills activities [refer to listening skills exercises instructor emailed]
