Basic Counselling

Skills
i. Discuss the stages in
counselling.
ii.Explain the attending and
listening skills in counselling .
iii.Discuss the skills in
interpreting non verbal
behavior in counselling.
 Discuss the stages in counselling.

- Stage One: Relationship building

(between counselor and pupils)

-Stage Two: Assessment and Diagnosis

(counselor collects information and
makes
hypotheses )
-Stage Three: Formulation of Counseling
Goals
(Enhances sense of ownership and
motivation are
-Stage Four: Intervention and Problem Solving
(Begins as soon as goals are established plan for how to
achieve them & Collaboratively established plan works
best)

-Stage Five: Termination and Follow Up

(Termination considered not just at end of successful
relationship, but also is considered when it seems
counseling is not being helpful.)

-Stage Six: Research and Evaluation

(Really completed throughout the counseling process
reflected in
*Generating hypotheses
*Trying intervention strategies
*Determining if/when goal is met
 Explain the attending and listening skills in counselling

Facing the client. Sitting straight or leaning forwards to show

attentiveness is also useful.

Maintaining eye contact shows the speaker you are interested in

them and what they have to say.

Responding appropriately, by eyebrow raising and supplying other

more direct responses, prompts the client to continue talking.

Focusing solely on what the client is saying will enable the

counsellor to follow the logical flow of the conversation with ease.

Only ask questions for clarification. The less a counsellor speaks the
more a client should (John Rowlinson, 2010).
Discuss the skills in interpreting non verbal
behavior in counselling.
Nonverbal communicationis the act
ofconveying a thought, feeling, or idea through
physical gestures, posture, and facial
expressions.
Gesturesinclude motion of the head or limbs.
Posturerefers to both the position of the body by itself
and in relation to others.
Body movementsmay include any motion of the body.
Eye contact and movementsare the direction and focus
of a persons eyes.
Tone of voiceis the range of pitch in the voice that may
communicate something other than the words being
spoken. For example, sarcasm may give an individuals
words an entirely different meaning.
Facial expressionsrefer to any movement and changes
of the facial composition.