module 6 Flashcards
(17 cards)
What key counselling skills are essential in career counselling?
A: Micro- and macro-skills, therapeutic relationships, and cultural/contextual awareness.
What are the three mini-lectures in Module 6?
A:
Effectiveness & Working Alliance
Building Relationships with Resistant Clients
Stages of Career Counselling
What does research show about career counselling effectiveness?
A: It improves decision-making, school engagement, and work satisfaction, especially when combined with counselling (Whiston et al.).
How does psychological distress relate to the working alliance?
A: Higher distress is linked to a weaker working alliance.
What is the working alliance?
A: A collaborative client-counsellor relationship involving agreement on goals, tasks, and emotional bonds (Bordin, 1979).
What predicts positive client outcomes across therapies?
A: The quality of the client–therapist working alliance (Ardito & Rabellino, 2011).
What contributes to a strong working alliance?
A: Counsellor attributes, counselling approach, and empathetic client engagement (Ackerman et al., 2003).
What is the “narrative turn” in career counselling?
A: A shift toward using personal stories and qualitative methods to guide counselling (Hartung, 2013; McMahon, 2018).
What are common causes of resistance in clients?
A: Fear of counselling, lack of responsibility, job loss, mandated sessions, disempowerment, or benefits of not working.
What is Otani’s (1989) taxonomy of resistance?
A:
Response-quantity
Response-content
Response-style
Logistic management resistance
How should counsellors address resistance?
A: With empathy, openness, exploring client motivation, and joining with the client.
What strategies can help manage resistance?
A: Use of metaphors (Amundson), clarify roles, balance power, and avoid defensiveness.
What are the 3 stages of career counselling?
A:
Exploration – What’s going on?
Challenging – What do I want instead?
Action Planning – How can I get what I want?
What happens in Stage 1 – Exploration?
A: Clients tell their story, identify issues, develop self-understanding, and clarify problems.
What is the focus of Stage 2 – Challenging?
A: Increasing self-awareness, identifying goals, and considering new possibilities.
What is the goal of Stage 3 – Action Planning?
A: Create and implement a realistic action plan based on readiness and available resources.
Why should you avoid rushing Stage 3?
A: Starting too soon can cause resistance or disengagement.
