FRHD 3400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Gust Co. Ltd., The Counselor, Relate

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

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Basic listening sequence (bls) (draw out client"s story and strengths by questioning, encouraging, paraphrasing, reflecting feelings, and summarizing. This sequence is used in multiple settings, not just in counseling and psychotherapy. ) Helps professionals to understand the client history. You can anticipate how client will respond. The bls uses the microskills of using open and closed questions, encouraging, paraphrasing, reflecting feelings, and summarizing. These are the skills of the bls and the central purpose of each: Questioning > open questions followed by closed questions to bring out the story and for diagnosis. Encouraging > used throughout the session to help evoke details. Paraphrasing > catches the essence of what the client is saying. Reflecting feelings > examines the complexity of emotions. Summarizing > brings order and makes sense of client conversation. The five-stage model for structuring the session with. A well-formed session = emphatic relationship story and strengths goals restory action)