FRHD 3400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Positive Psychology, Mentalization, Intentionality

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3400
• Professor: Tuuli Kukkonen

Document Summary

Chapter 8- how to conduct a five stage counseling session using only listening skills. Introduction: the basic listening sequence: foundation for empathic listening in many settings. Empathic understanding and careful listening are valuable in all areas of human communication. When you use the bls, you can anticipate how others are likely to respond. The basic listening sequence, based on attending and observing, consists of these microskills: using open and closed questions, encouraging, paraphrasing, reflecting feelings and summarizing. The bls rests on a foundation of ethics, multicultural competence, positive psychology/wellness, therapeutic lifestyle changes and neuroscience. None of the bls skills will be effective or meaningful without skilled attending and observation skills. Questioning: open questions followed by closed questions to bring out client stories and concerns. Encouraging: used throughout the session to support clients and help them provide specifics around their thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. Paraphrasing: catches the cognitive essence of stories and facilitates executive functioning.