Counselling for the Professions Assignment 2 Monash University Clayton Introduction The purpose of this exercise was to implement learnt skills throughout the semester‚ and apply them into a real counseling situation with a client. By being able to record and watch our first counseling experience‚ it allows us to constructively criticize and analyze our counseling techniques. Additionally‚ this exercise also allows us to practice counseling ‘essentials’ such as SOLER
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Lay counselling provides additional support that is not as structured or restrictive‚ and generally runs alongside professional counselling sessions. A lay counsellor is a trained individual who understands the importance of providing a listening ear‚ support and guidance and that sometimes this kind of help and understanding cannot be restricted to appointment times only. Whilst a lay counsellor has counselling knowledge this person may not work as a therapist or counsellor‚ and has acquired counselling
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step on the mines of unethical practices. Sometimes‚ we might be too cautious to have overlooked issues that are neither unethical‚ nor avoidable‚ or even beneficial‚ in terms of the interests of our clients and our own professional satisfactions. Ethics are more than codes and taboos. While counsellors should protect themselves from unnecessary lawsuits‚ we should also find resolutions for our constant struggles towards the best service to clients‚ in light of the various moral and ethical principles
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BACKGROUND RESEARCH OF THE CHOSEN CLIENT GROUP 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE CLIENT GROUP The client group here refers to male executives in the age group of 40 – 45 years old who assume senior management or executive roles in a commercial organisation. For a male executive‚ work is likely to be the primary source of stress in his life. Occupational stress has been defined as a "global epidemic" by the United Nations ’ International Labour Organization. A study by the National Institute for Occupational
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Counselling is a contracted professionally managed activity. In addition to this the counsellor will be trained and have a counselling qualification. This enables the counsellor to use a different range of counselling approaches with their clients. Whereas counselling skills is not contracted and the person is usually referred to as a helper who apply their counselling skills to increase their communication with the receiver. Many people seek counselling for a variety of reasons that are troubling
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C0602- Counselling contexts Tutor: Kevin Hogan Submission date: 31st May 2013 ‘The importance of diversity in counselling contexts’ The importance of diversity in counselling has been the subject of much research over the last 50 years Patterson (1996) and is aimed at preventing inequalities among different population groups regardless of ethnicity‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ social class‚ age‚ physical abilities and religious beliefs/beliefs. (Patterson‚ 1996) When considering the different
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uses counselling skills and a qualified and trained counsellor A qualified counsellor has undertaken a structured training programme and developed and practiced skills needed to become a trained counsellor. They are likely to have trained for several years and specialised to a much higher level than someone who uses counselling skills. They will also have undertaken therapy themselves and addressed any issues or emotional blocks that they may have‚ whereas a person who uses counselling skills
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(4th ed.‚ p.633-639). Gainsville‚ FL: Barmarrae Books‚ Inc. Watkins‚ C. Jr.‚ (1990). The effects of counselor self-disclosure: a research review. Counseling Psychologist‚ 18‚ 477-500. Yeo‚ M.‚ & Moorhouse‚ A. (1998). Concepts and cases in nursing ethics (2nd ed.). Toronto‚ ON: Broadview Press. Young‚ M. (2001). Learning the art of helping: building blocks and techniques (2nd ed.). Toronto‚ ON: Merrill Prentice Hall Inc.
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to build a therapeutic counselling relationship. The ideal would be to maintain a balance by recognising the importance of these similarities and differences and striving to understand them with a view to building good communication within the one to one counselling relationship (Pedersen‚ 1994). Without cultural awareness‚ the counsellor may get the information their processing wrong and that may limit them by not giving the client fair and equitable counselling service. The limited information
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Essay – My Developing Style of Counselling Foreword. In this‚ I shall endeavour to detail my development in terms of counselling student. I intend to describe where I was‚ where I am now and where I aspire to be. Perhaps I should start with three questions: ‘Counselling’- why am I doing this? For whom am I doing this? How will I do this? Why: For the bulk of my 37-year career‚ my role has been involved with getting information‚ analysing and delivering the results. Teamwork‚ management
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