FRHD 3400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Emotional Expression, Social Emotions

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

Document Summary

Chapter 7: re ecting feelings- a foundation of client. The mission of re ecting feelings is to clarify emotional life discovering the heart of the. Thursday, october 16, 2014 matter. to many theorists and practitioners, this is the most important micro skill for counsel- ing and therapy competence. Underlying clients" words, thoughts, and behaviours are feelings and emotions that motivate and drive action. Paraphrasing, as presented in chapter 6, is concerned with feeding back the key points of what a client has said. Re ection of feeling, in contrast, involves observing emotions, nam- ing them, and repeating them back to the client. The two are closely related and often will be found together in the same statement, but the critical distinction is emphasis on content (paraphrase) and emotion (re ection of feeling). Introduction: re ection of feelings: carl rogers is the theorist/practitioner/author who has made us fully aware of the importance of listening.