Counselling Relationship Worksheet: Clients

When you were client in the dyads, what did the Counsellor do that worked well to help you deepen into
feelings or gain insights that were useful to you?

The embodied meditations were very powerful, as they focused on the present moment while healing
painful past experiences. I could feel the relief after each of those meditations.

Another helpful practice was to keep reminding me of her presence and company. It is what I needed,
because part of my pain was that I was feeling alone and not understood. Just by saying “I am here for you”
or “you are safe with me”, I felt with the strength to go through the embodied experience although painful.

When you were client in the dyads, what didn’t work so well for you, and why?

In one session, I felt there were many questions without leaving enough free space for me to just rest in the
questions. I tend to take longer to verbalize my feelings, so having some room for just being present with
them

What constructive feedback would you give to the Counsellor —ie what might be a growing edge for them
to consider?

She can work more on giving space for the answers after she makes a question.

How has this experience of being a client influenced your aspirations as a Counsellor?

I had a very helpful an amazing experience. It reinforces my wish to become a counselor to help others in
their healing journey.

What do you want to take away from this course as you continue on this path of becoming a Counsellor?

I take away the experience as a counselor in the first part of the course, where I learn to be brave to express
my doubts to the client. I also take away the good practices that my counselor used in my sessions as a
client. The body felt sense meditations were extremely helpful, and I want to use those with my own
clients.

Rachael A Vaughan, MA, MFT