Week 8- The Counselling Process from Joining to Closing Flashcards
The aspects of ending a counselling session
Identify the problem and develop a mutual understanding around it
- Ending an individual counselling session
The time varies from 1hr, and sign for closure typically begins after 45mins. Summary and possibly a goal for the future. Also, their self-esteem is likely low by the end of the session, best to provide positive feedback.
-Another counselling session may be organised immediately after session completion. May write up notes and debrief from an emotionally charged session.
-Also may need to read case notes for the following session
A client may be time conscious and it may be helpful for the counsellor to say they will timekeep the session
50min mark assess the progress of the session.
Process, the various interpretations of the word.
- What happens in a single session
- The development up until client termination
Allow the client to see you wish to continue seeing them, however also give them options which they can decide later on.
Dependency
Ending sessions early when signs of dependency appear.
Why not allow sessions to continue despite the client may no longer needing it?
Undermines their self-sufficiency and autonomy.
Discuss the grief of loosing such a relationship
Develop wellbeing > satisfying dependency needs
5 therapeutic models of practice
- Psychoanalytic
- Humanistic/Existentialist
- Cognitive/Behavioural
- Constructivist (narrative/solution-focused)
- Integrative
Integrative approach means a customised to the client approach
Facilitate emotional change
Reflection of feeling can facillitate emotional release. Although this is generally not sufficient and other approaches must follow
-Emotion processing
-Depth of processing emotions
After emotional release
-Cognitive change: Enable cognitive skills using a person’s strengths (reinforces a person’s competence/solution focused), challenging self-destructive beliefs (rational emotive behacviour therapy, although quite a linear approach to a complex structure), externalising (narrative therapy), reframing (neuro-linguistic programming), normalising, exploring polarities (gestalt therapy) and the ‘here and now’ experience (gestalt therapy).
When emotional release and cognitive changes are not enough, facilitating behavioural change may be encouraged…
Changes occuring through the Johari Window
4panel with axis
-Known by self
-Known by others
For self to enter territory of ‘blind’ you would seek…
Feedback
For others to enter territory of ‘self-disclosure’ you would seek…
Self-disclosure
For either self or other to enter the ‘unknown’ you would seek…
Insight
A counsellor must gather what preconveived notions have been thought of by them and confront these
Joining
Adjusting preconceptions
Clarifying the counsellor role
Gestalt Therapy in changing behaviour or situation
Gestalt Awareness Circle: Addresses somatic feelings, thoughts and experiences simulataneously. AS A WHOLE…
Steps of Gestalt Awareness Circle
- Arousal stage: Point of distress, why they have reached out to counselling
