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    This document discusses the key skills and techniques involved in effective counseling. It addresses establishing rapport and assessing problems in initial sessions. Later stages involve goal setting, interventions, and termination. Effective counselors demonstrate qualities like empathy, genuineness and unconditional positive regard. Counseling skills include active listening, clarifying questions, and assessing verbal and nonverbal cues. The document also outlines techniques for group counseling, dealing with conflicts, and cognitive distortions that counselors help clients address.

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    This document discusses the key skills and techniques involved in effective counseling. It addresses establishing rapport and assessing problems in initial sessions. Later stages involve goal setting, interventions, and termination. Effective counselors demonstrate qualities like empathy, genuineness and unconditional positive regard. Counseling skills include active listening, clarifying questions, and assessing verbal and nonverbal cues. The document also outlines techniques for group counseling, dealing with conflicts, and cognitive distortions that counselors help clients address.

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    This document discusses the key skills and techniques involved in effective counseling. It addresses establishing rapport and assessing problems in initial sessions. Later stages involve goal setting, interventions, and termination. Effective counselors demonstrate qualities like empathy, genuineness and unconditional positive regard. Counseling skills include active listening, clarifying questions, and assessing verbal and nonverbal cues. The document also outlines techniques for group counseling, dealing with conflicts, and cognitive distortions that counselors help clients address.

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    Skills for Effective Counselling

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    PROFESSIONAL COUNSELLING
    INVOLVES an Interpersonal Relationship WITH WHO FOR an Individual is Seeking Help dealing with Personal Issues

    THAT

    Interfere or Detract from a satisfactory life

    The COUNSELLOR is WILLING to GIVE HELP in a SETTING that PERMITS help to be given and received.
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/

    Stages in Counselling
    Termination and Follow up Initiating Interventions Goal Setting

    Assessment of the Problem


    Rapport and Relationship Building
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    Reflection Diagram
    Reflection

    Theory

    Skill

    Practice
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    Values

    EFFECTIVE HELPER
    Other Self
    ATTITUDE
    AWARENESS of SELF Genuineness Trustworthiness

    Empathy
    Objectivity Unconditional Positive Regard

    Interpersonal Attractiveness
    Competence

    Assumptions

    Sensitivity to understand ethnic and cultural factors


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    SKILLS FOR COUNSELLING


    Skills to Work with Listening Clients Feelings Clarifying Help Express feelings questions Identify & Discriminate Use of Openbet.feelings ended questions Help to Alter/Accept feelings Assessing Attend to Verbal/Nonverbal Cues Ability-potential Convey Support :Verbal deciding & Nonverbal methods response
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    Assertive Styles
    Supporting/caring - FEELERS Communicates, Warmth, Nurturing & Concern for others Directing/Guiding - DOERS and/or THINKERS Communicates a no-nonsense, authoritative approach, concern for results Annalytical - THINKER Communicates facts, information, thoughts and probabilities. Expressive - DOERS or FEELERS Communicates, feelings & needs in an open and expressive manner
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    Verbal Assertive Training Skills


    Broken Record Fogging Free Information & self disclosure Negative Assertion Negative Inquiry Workable compromise
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    Group CounsellingTechniques
    Establishing Trust Dealingresistance,anxiety,conflict, difficult members Group Cohesion

    Facilitation Style
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    Conflict Styles
    Concern for Self
    (Assertiveness)
    Competing (dominating)

    Collaborating (integrating)

    Compromising

    Avoiding

    Accommodating (obliging)

    Concern for Others


    (Cooperativeness)
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    COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS
    All Or Nothing Thinking Magnification/minimization

    (Black and white categories)


    Overgeneralization

    (magnify others ach., minimize own ach.)


    Emotional reasoning

    (negative event as never ending pattern of defeat)


    Mental Filter

    (neg.events reflect way things are)


    Shoulds/musts statements

    (Pick neg.detail & dwell on it)


    Disqualify the positive (reject positive events) Jumping to conclusions (make

    Personalization

    negative interpretation,although no negative facts available) Mind reading, Fortune teller error

    (see self as cause of negative event although not primarily responsible for it)

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    COUNSELLING
    REQUIRES PRINCIPLES OF MANAGING FROM THE HEART Hear and understand me Even if you disagree, dont get me wrong Acknowledge the greatness within me Remember to look for my loving intentions Tell the truth with compassion
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