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1
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Counseling Techniques

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Assure
Observe
Listen with Empathy
Clarify
Respond
Filter
Teach
Point to God
2
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Assurance

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Try to connect

establish difference between confidentiality and anonymity

3
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Observe

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Body Language
Visual Contact
Posture
Gestures

4
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Listen with Empathy

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  • Attend to the needs of the counselee and what he/she is communicating
  • Understand
  • Detect verbal/nonverbal messages
  • Avoid judging
5
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Ways to motivate the counelee is to assist him/her in

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  • Paraphrasing

- Focusing on feelings

6
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Clarify

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Help put concerns into counselee’s own words

-What is the problem? Who? What? Why? When? How

7
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Respond

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  • Direct Conversation
  • Ask
  • Confront
  • Inform
  • Encourage
8
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Filter

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  • What does the counselee really want?

- What are short/long term needs?

9
Q

Teach

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  • Share information

- Present alternatives

10
Q

Point to God

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Jesus:

  • Walk alongside
  • Ask questions
  • Listened
  • Confronted
  • Talked
11
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Tension Definition

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Any situation that forces us to make adjustments and often creates physical and mental pressure

12
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Benefits of Tension

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  • forces people to act upon problems
  • motivates learning
  • makes us work harder
  • teaches us new lessons
13
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Dangers of Tension

PHYSICAL

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  • exhaustion
  • illness
  • interference with healing
14
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Dangers of Tension

PSYCHOLOGICAL

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  • memory
  • patience
  • effectiveness
  • irritability
15
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Dangers of Tension

SPIRITUAL

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  • spiritual blocks
  • detours thinking
  • takes away from prayer & reading of scripture
  • withdrawal from God
16
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Managing Stress

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  • relaxation
  • understand the problem (root of tension)
  • measures taken in the past (those that worked and didn’t)
  • Reality check (acceptance, change, move on)
  • Connection with family, friends, church
  • Spiritual support (pray with them, journey with them)
  • follow up
17
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Anxiety (definition)

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feeling of threats, apprehension, fear and concern

18
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Difference between anxiety and fear

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Anxiety: feeling of apprehension whose root cannot be properly identified

Fear: Response consciously to a real threat

19
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Symptoms of an anxiety disorder

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Feelings of Panic
Problems sleeping
Cold/Sweaty hands
Heart palpitations

20
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Philippians 4:6-9 approach to counseling (Anxiety)

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v. 6 (don’t be anxious about anything - don’t detain anxious thoughts)
v. 6 (Let your requests be made known to God - change your focus)
v. 6 (Prayer & Supplication - seek adaptation skills)
v. 6 (with thanksgiving - realistic assessment)
v. 8 (consider what is true, honorable, noble, excellent…. - restructure thinking)
v. 8 (whatever is lovely, commendable, excellent, praise worthy - visual imagination)
v. 9 (put into practice - adaptation skills)

21
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Anger

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a profound feeling of tension and aggression (emotion that agitates our being)

22
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Greek words used to define anger

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Orge - holy discontent/wrath
Parorgismis - bitter and exasperated irritation
Thumus - throbbing irritation (explosion of tense hostility)

23
Q

Dangers of prolonged anger

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High Blood Pressure
Heart attack
digestive problems
muscular pain
psychological problems
24
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Walls created by prolonged anger

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isolation & loneliness

damage to spiritual life

25
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How counselor can help alleviate anger

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  • Help counselee admit angry feelings
  • Help redirect anger
  • Help in the reasoning process
  • discuss activities that will help release angry energy