Proposed Schedule

 

It is the instructor's hope and plan to stay on schedule.  If it is necessary to change the schedule, those changes will be posted on the Web.

 

This schedule is posted on the Web:  FLC home page/Academic Services/Faculty Web Pages/M/McGinness.  Any changes to this schedule will be revised on the Web.

 

 

June 9, 2003

Review Syllabus

Demonstration

Being With the Process

Ethical Guidelines

Assignment--Due June 10

Read Chapter 1

Stop and Reflect: ( p. 18-19)  Answer each question in brief paragraph.

Journal Starters:  (p. 21)   # 1 and 2

Describe a situation in which you felt you really helped someone.  Discuss what you said and did that seemed helpful.  Compare this with another time in which you tried to help but were less successful.  What was different about the two situations?

 

June 10, 2003

The Counseling Relationship

Guest Speaker:   Deb Allen: Counseling Relationship

Video and Discussion

Assignment:  Due June 11

Read Chapter 2

Homework:  ( p. 41)  Homework 1 and  2

Journal Starters: (p. 42), #3

Written Exercises:  (Go to the Web and cut and paste these exercises on a clean sheet and type your responses.  Enlarge the type to “12”)

 

Thought-Changing

As you begin to practice counseling, you may find that your own self-judgements undermine your confidence.  Listed below are typical negative ideas you might find yourself thinking.  Select three of the six negative thoughts below and substitute a more reasonable thought. 

 

Negative Thought:  I really dread it when I have to practice counseling with a partner.  I am sure I will humiliate myself.

Substituted Thought:

 

Negative Thought:  I am so concerned with what I am going to say next that I can’t really feel much of what the client is feeling. 

Substituted Thought:

 

Negative Thought:  My clients didn’t give me any real material to work with.  I just could not relate to his/her stupid problem.

Substituted Thought:

 

Negative Thought:  I sound so stupid and fake when I am learning how to respond.   Other classmates seem to know what to say better than me.  I may have chosen the wrong major.

Substituted Thought:

 

Negative Thought:  I don’t like this stupid basic skill approach to counseling.  I could really be good if I could just be myself or if I could do some grandstanding exercises. 

Substituted Thought

 

Negative Thought:  I don’t like being in a position to rate and give feedback to my fellow-classmates.  I may hurt their feelings and they will stay upset at me forever.

Substituted Thought:

 

 

 Self-Assessment

The therapeutic factors of counseling involve having really good interpersonal functioning.   Some counselors learned these skills at home, from friends, or from school/community.     Many counselors are in the process of developing these skills.  Rate yourself on the following skills and then comment on where you learned them or what you might do to learn them in the future.

 

A.  Start and carry on small talk and keep a conversation going:

 

1          2          3          4          5          6          7          8          9          10

not very confidant                                                                                                   very confident

 

Comment:

 

B.  Make people feel comfortable.

 

1          2          3          4          5          6          7          8          9          10

not very confidant                                                                                                   very confident

 

Comment:

  

C.    Talk to others about difficult and painful issues without being overwhelmed (or changing the subject)

 

 1          2          3          4          5          6          7          8          9          10

not very confidant                                                                                                  very confident

 

Comment:

 

D.   Be comfortable when people to cry or express emotion.

 

1          2          3          4          5          6          7          8          9          10

not very confident                                                                                                  very confident

 

Comment:

 

E. Express my emotions and talk about my difficult times and myself

 

1          2          3          4          5          6          7          8          9          10

not very confidant                                                                                                   very confident

 

Comment:

 

F:  Allow others to express their opinions and support them when I really want to disagree and tell them my advice.

 

1          2          3          4          5          6          7          8          9          10

not very confidant                                                                                                   very confident

 

Comment:

 

G.   Challenge others when they are not being honest with themselves.

 

1          2          3          4          5          6          7          8          9          10

not very confidant                                                                                                   very confident

 

Comment:

 

H.  Deal with someone else’s anger without getting defensive.

 

1          2          3          4          5          6          7          8          9          10

not very confidant                                                                                                   very confident

 

Comment:

  

 

I.  .Provide any kind of negative feedback to a class member that might hurt their feelings.

 

1          2          3          4          5          6          7          8          9          10

not very confidant                                                                                                   very confident

 

Comment:

  

June 11, 2003

Discuss Chapter 2

Video & Discussion

Assignment:  Due June 12

Read Chapter 3 & 4—be prepared to practice skills in chapter.3 & 4 in class

Written Exercises: :Self-Disclosure/Roadblocks/Open-Closed Questions

 

Self-Disclosure

 

Some examples of inappropriate counselor self-disclosure are listed below.  Please read the client’s statement, the counselor’s inappropriate response, and then add a self-disclosure response that is appropriate.

 

Client:  I feel very upset because my boss gave a raise to everyone in the office but me.

Counselor Inappropriate Self-Disclosure:  One time I was so mad at my boss that I wrote obscenities on his car window.

Counselor Appropriate Self-Disclosure:________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Client:  I really feel like I am going back into the same deep depression that I used to have.

Counselor Inappropriate Self-Disclosure:  I don’t think you look depressed.  I bet I am more depressed than you because my boyfriend/girlfriend is cheating on me.

Counselor Appropriate Self-Disclosure:________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Client:  I think I just failed my final exam.

Counselor Inappropriate Self-Disclosure:  I’m shocked.  I’ve always done great on exams.

Counselor Appropriate Self-Disclosure:________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  

Roadblocks

A roadblock is a counselor’s response that cuts off communication.   List below a roadblock response  and the appropriate response in the categories listed.  Review the chart on page 61. 

Example:

Ordering

Client:  I think I want to break up with my boyfriend.

Counselor Roadblock Response:  You cannot even think about doing that.

Counselor Appropriate Response:  Tell me more about what it would be like for you to break up with your boyfriend.

 

Moralizing

Client:  I am confused about whether or not to smoke marijuana.  It really decreases my anxiety.

Counselor Roadblock Response:

 

Counselor Appropriate Response:

 

Advising

Client:  I feel way too fat for anyone to ask me out.

Counselor Roadblock Response:

 

Counselor Appropriate Response:

 

Analyzing

Client:  Last week, my Father grounded me.  Later I stole $10 from him. 

Counselor Roadblock Response:

 

Counselor Appropriate Response:

 

 

Questioning

Closed questions ask for specific information and should be used for gaining specific information.  Open questions should be used to facilitate a client telling his story, going more in-depth about his emotions, and exploring his/her story.  Please respond using an open question to the client’s statements.  

 

Client:  I decided not to go to class today. 

Counselor:

 

Client:  I don’t think I will ever be able to be in an intimate relationship?

Counselor:

 

Client:  I’m so angry with my friend that I could spit.

Counselor:

 

 

June 12

In Class Practice—Turn in Critique Sheets to instructor.  These will be graded and then given to class member who was the  “counselor”.   Blank Critique Sheets will be available in class

 

Critique Sheet--Invitational Skills and Opening Skills

 

Reviewer:

Counselor:

Date:

Skill                 Circle/add what fits                Comments/Suggestions

 

Invitational skills

Eye contact             Consistent with breaks    Avoids

                                Stares  Culturally sensitive

                                 Other:________________

 

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

               

 Body Position         Relaxed Alertness   Some tension

                                    Defensive      Sensitive to client

                                Leaned toward client      Guarded

                                Right physical distance    Aloof

Other:

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Silence                     Too chatty/avoid silence

                                Some silence for reflection

                                Too much silence—uncomfortable

                                Other

 

Voice Tone              Comfortable         Rigid                                                                           

                        Good mirroring of client emotion

                                Did not mirror client emotion

                                Warm      Cold      Moralistic

                                Other:

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Facial Expression/    Smiling   Welcoming     Interested    

Gestures/Touch        Guarded    Matched Client Emotion

                        Touch comfortable to client/counselor    

                  Touch not comfortable or suggestive

 

Opening Skills

 

Door Openers          Pertinent  & Comfortable Observation   

(Comfortable           Lacked opening chitchat

invitation to            Chitchat seemed out-of-place/uncaring

talk)                         Moved too fast into problem

 

Minimal                   Client felt heard      Too much

Encouragers             Not enough       Inappropriate

(Brief response/        Other:

head nod)

 

Open Questions        Used primarily

                                Excellent to get story & thoughts

                                Not used enough

                                Used to sneak advice

                                Overuse of open questions

                                Other:

 

 

Closed Questions      Used appropriately for needed information

                                Too many

                                Sometimes seemed judgmental

                                Overuse of closed questions

 

 

 

Assignment:  Due June 16

Case Study (p. 69): answer a, b., c., and d.

Homework 2: (p. 70), #2.  No need to research ethical guidelines. 

Stop and Reflect (p. 88) .  Do the self-assessment on opening skills.  List the number and then put your rating.  Discuss your reactions to what you learned and areas of growth.

Discussion Exercises:

1.      What did you learn from your counseling practice?  Based on the feedback you received, identify one or two things you hope to work on in the upcoming practice sessions.

2.      Some students describe themselves as “having one of those faces or             demeanor” that perfect strangers come up and talk to and disclose intimate details of their life.  Discuss if this happens to you or not and what you think it means in relation to your regularly putting out “invitational skills”.  Do you need to improve your “invitational skills” so more people will talk to you, regulate them so less will talk to you, or keep them about the same?

 

 

June 16, 2003

Colin Smith—Transference/Countertransference in Counseling Relationship

Assignment:  Due June 17

Read Chapter 5

Exercise 2: (p. 115) a-h.  List letter and then your response.

Journal Starters: (p. 116) # 1, 2, 3

 

 

June 17, 2003

Video

Follow-up Discussion on Reflection and Paraphrasing

Assignment:  Due June 18

Practice reflections and paraphrasing with a friend.  Be ready to practice in class.

Written Exercise: Paraphrasing and Connecting Feelings & Paraphrasing

                                               

                                                                Paraphrasing

Listed below are three client stories.  Attempt to paraphrase the stories. Include both the content and emotion in your paraphrasing.

 

Client:  My daughter is really testing my limits.  Every time she spends the weekend with her Father she comes back very rebellious and smart-mouthed.  She is really getting hard to deal with and I’m afraid for what might happen.

Counselor Paraphrase:

 

 

Client:  I really was hoping to start a new business next year.  I have been investing in the market for five years to have the money to do this.  My investments in the market are almost worthless now.  I  don’t know what to do and I don’t seem to have much motivation anymore.

Counselor Paraphrase:

 

Client:  I just got released from the mental hospital.  They told me I was required to see you for therapy in order to continue their prescriptions for my medication.  It really makes me mad and I think I’m just going to quit taking the medication they prescribed.  I don’t think it is helping anyway. 

Counselor Paraphrase.

 

Connecting Feeling and a Paraphrase

 

Using the stem, “You feel___________because___________” create statements that reflect both the feeling and a summary of the reason. 

 

                Example:

Client:   I’m really afraid for my sister because her boyfriend seems to be really angry; she has said he has hit her before.  She had a black eye last week but would not tell me what happened.

Counselor:  You feel really frightened because your sister is in a relationship that might be getting even more violent

 

Client (age 25):  My Mother will not stop telling me what to do.  She calls me daily to see if I’m awake and to discuss my plans for the day.  She expects me to call her every night and report in.

Counselor:      You feel                            because                                                               . 

 

Client:  I  can’t seem to make myself go to class.  I guess I’m depressed because I had to stop playing basketball because of my ankle injury.   I just don’t know what to do with my time except sleep.

Counselor:   You feel                               because                                                     .

 

Client:  My girlfriend is a real wreck.  She is constantly thinking I am flirting or making out with another girl.  She calls me constantly with accusations.  I  have not even looked at another girl since we started going out.  I’m so disgusted that I don’t know if I even want to be in this relationship

Counselor:    You feel                              because                                            .

 

 

 

 

June 18, 2003

Practice and give feedback in class.  Break into 3 groups

Reviewers should complete a Critique Sheet on every counselor and turn those in.

 

 

Critique  Sheet

 

Reviewer:

Counselor:

Date:

 

                        Assessment of Building Block Skills

 

Skill                 Circle/add what fits                Comments/Suggestions

                        (may circle several)                                  (include positive and negative)

Invitational skills

Eye contact             Consistent    Not enough 

                                Too intense   Culturally sensitive

                                 Other:________________

 

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

               

 Body Position         Relaxed Alertness   Some tension

                                    Defensive      Sensitive to client

                                Leaned toward client      Guarded

                                Right physical distance

Other:

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Silence                     Too chatty/avoid silence

                                Some silence for reflection

                                Too much silence—uncomfortable

                                Other

 

Voice Tone              Comfortable        Sometimes revealed counselor’s opinion                                                                      

                        Good mirroring of client emotion

                                Did not mirror client emotion

                                Other:

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Facial Expression/    Smiling   Welcoming     Interested    

Gestures/Touch        Guarded    Matched Client Emotion

                        Touch comfortable to client/counselor    

                  Touch not comfortable or suggestive

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Opening Skills

 

Door Openers          Pertinent  & Comfortable Observation   

(Comfortable           Lacked opening chitchat

invitation to            Chitchat seemed out of place/uncaring

talk)                         Moved too fast into problem

 

Minimal                   Client felt heard      Too much

Encouragers             Not enough       Inappropriate

(Brief response/        Other:

head nod)

 

Open Questions        Used primarily

                                Excellent to get story & thoughts

                                Not used enough

                                Used to sneak advice

                                Overuse of open questions

                                Other:

 

                List two open ended questions you heard in the session.

 

 

 

Closed Questions      Used appropriately for needed information

                                Too many

                                Sometimes seemed judgmental

                                Overuse of closed questions

 

 

Skill                 Circle/add what fits                Comments/Suggestions

                        (may circle several)                                  (include positive and negative)

 

 

Reflecting Skills

 

Reflecting                                Sounded rote/parroting     Missed feeling

                        About right time       Seemed long/complicated

                                Exaggerated    Impactful     Matched Mood

                                Right reason in story     Wrong reason in story

 

                List two reflecting statements you heard the counselor make  in the session.

 

 

 

 

Paraphrasing            Good picking up content     Sounded judgmental

                                Picked up emotional tone about right

                                Emotional tone seemed off

 

                List two paraphrasing statements you heard counselor make during session.

 

 

 

Assignment:  Due June 19

Read Chapter 6

Additional Exercises (p. 140):  Do all (a, b, c) of Exercise 1.  No need to write examples.  Just list “Paraphrase” and then your paraphrase statement.  List “Feelings” and your description of client’s feelings.  List “Underlying Meaning” and  your description of the underlying meaning.  List “Reflection of Meaning” and your statement reflecting meaning.

Homework 2: First Typescript (p. 142).  Do all of the exercises.  Type up your 15-minute typescript according to the format on p. 143.   Your typescript is due June 23rd.    Have your 15-minute video ready to show  June 24th.   Your partner will be assigned.     Attempt to demonstrate invitational skills, opening skills, reflecting skills (reflecting & paraphrasing),  advanced reflecting skills,  and one form of summary statement.  It is OK to make a couple of videos to determine which one you want to use.

 

June 19, 2003

Lecture of Advanced Reflecting Skills

Video—Segment 6 & 7

Assignment:  Due June 23

Read Chapter 7

Continue to work on your typescript (listed above).

 

June 23,2003

The Importance of the Intake--Doug Miller will be taking care of the class

Turn in  "Typescript" to Doug.  Keep video until June 24.

Assignment: Due June 24

Homework 1 (p. 172):  Use models on pages 158-161 to complete exercise.

a.  As closely as you can add the main occupation of each adult.  If they have changed jobs.,  indicate “Changed Jobs” and list main 2 or 3 job areas.  Discuss in writing  family patterns with selection of vocation.  No need to go into Holland’s occupational codes. 

b.  Because you did mark family relationships as being married, divorced,  living together, etc. and whether the relationships were distant, close, or conflicted, note the family patterns and discuss.  What if any does that pattern lead you to expect?  How has that or might in the future effect you in relationships?

c.  Go back to your genogram and with different colored ink, mark AA (Alcohol Abuse), DA (Drug Abuse), RAA (Recovering AA) or RDA (Recovering Drug Abuse).   Mark any deaths or hospitalizations due to alcohol or drugs.   Discuss  in writing family patterns with alcohol or drug abuse. 

d.  With even different color ink, go back to your genogram and mark D(depression), A (anxiety), B(bi-polar),  OP (overly perfectionistic) or MF for any impaired mental health functioning.   You may make up other mental health difficulties that run in your family.  Just mark them with some form of code to tell me what they are.   Discuss in writing that if a therapist looked at your genogram, what kind of mental health difficulties would they be alert for.

 

June 24, 2003

Critique of Video—Divide into 3 groups and watch 5-6 videos a day and critique.   Turn in Critique Sheet to instructor.

                        Critique Sheet

Reviewer:

Counselor:

Date:

 

            Assessment of Accumulated Skills and Advanced Skills

 

Skill                 Circle/add what fits                Comments/Suggestions

                        (May circle several)                                 (Include positive and negative)

Invitational skills

Eye contact             Consistent    Not enough 

                                Too intense   Culturally sensitive

                                 Other:________________

 

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

               

 Body Position      Relaxed Alertness   Some tension

                                    Defensive      Sensitive to client

                                Leaned toward client      Guarded

                                Right physical distance

Other:

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Silence                   Too chatty/avoid silence

                                Some silence for reflection

                                Too much silence—uncomfortable

                                Other

 

Voice Tone             Comfortable        Sometimes revealed counselor’s opinion                                                                      

                        Good mirroring of client emotion

                                Did not mirror client emotion

                                Other:

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Facial Expression/ Smiling   Welcoming     Interested    

Gestures/Touch     Guarded    Matched Client Emotion

                        Touch comfortable to client/counselor    

                  Touch not comfortable or suggestive

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Opening Skills

 

Door Openers        Pertinent  & Comfortable Observation   

(Pleasant                  Lacked opening chitchat

invitation to            Chitchat seemed out of place/uncaring

talk)                         Moved too fast into problem

                                Other:______

 

 

Minimal                                 Client felt heard      Too lengthy

Encouragers           Not enough       Inappropriate

(Brief response/        Other: _______

Head nod)

 

 

Open Questions   Used primarily

                                Excellent to get story & thoughts

                                Not used enough

                                Used to sneak advice

                                Other:

 

Closed Questions  Used appropriately for needed information

                                Too many

                                Sometimes seemed judgmental

 

 

 

Reflecting Skills

 

Reflecting                          Sounded rote/parroting     Missed feeling

                        About right time       Seemed long/complicated

                                Exaggerated    Impactful     Matched Mood

                                Right reason in story     Wrong reason in story

 

                                List one reflecting statement you heard the counselor make in the session.

 

Paraphrasing         Good picking up content     Sounded judgmental

                                Picked up emotional tone about right

                                Emotional tone seemed off

 

Advanced Reflecting Skills

 

Reflection of          Indicates understanding of client’s worldview

Meaning (ROM)    Did not seem really get the client’s worldview

                                ROM seemed judgmental       or     accepting

                                ROM seemed to deepen the session

                                Good try but too long and complicated—a real stretch

 

                                List (in approximate fashion) one ROM you heard the counselor make in the session. 

 

Summary Statement            Focusing Summary

                                Signal Summary

                                Thematic Summary

                                Planning Summary

 

                                List one Summary Statement you heard the counselor make in the session.

 

 

 

What do you consider this counselor’s strengths to be?

 

What recommendations do you have for this counselor?

 

 

 

 

June 25, 2003

Complete Video

Demonstration—Intake

Assignment:  Due June 26

Re-read pages 161-168 and be prepared to do intake with partner in class. 

 

June 26, 2003

Break up into groups of 2 and follow the “Intake Form Worksheet” on page 165.  Counselor should take notes discreetly as he/she is doing the intake .  It is best to know the intake form well enough to be able to jump around some.  If a question seems irrelevant to a client it is OK to skip it.  Counselor may ask client to complete the “Demographic Data” before the intake.  

Assignment:   Due  June 30

Intake Form: Using the intake form worksheet you did in class, write up an Intake

Form similar to that on page 169.  Do not include the Treatment Goals Treatment Plan.

Read Chapter 8

 

June 30,  2003

Challenging Skills

Practice Exercises—Role Plays

Assignment: Due July 1

Exercise 2.  (p. 193) Do all (a-e).

Homework 2 (p. 193)

Journal Starters (p. 194), # 2

Read Chapter 9

Be prepared to use the steps on page 210 and 211 to goal set in class tomorrow.

 

 

 

 

 

July 1, 2003

Goal-Setting Skills

Pair up with the person you did the intake form with.    Using the steps on page 210-211 determine a goal.  The counselor should write that down to turn in using  the following format. 

 

            Counselor:

                Client:

 

                Agreed upon goal:

 

                Evaluation of goal:

                                Is the goal specific?

                                Is the goal stated in positive terms?

                                Is the goal simple enough for an 8 year old to understand?

                                How motivated are is the client to accomplish the goal?

                                Is the goal realistic considering your client’s abilities?

Assignment: Due July 2

Complete Goal Setting Sheet using format above.

Stop and Reflect: (p. 208) Do all parts except the last one on discussing with a friend.

Make a 30-minute video doing counseling with a partner.  Have that video ready to show in class on July 3rd.  Key the video up to show 20 minutes and receive feedback from the entire  class.   You may make as many videos as practice as you can get your partner to do.   In this video you should demonstrate that you are proficient in the  following:  invitational skills, opening skills, reflecting, and summarizing.    Prior to showing it to the class, do your own critique sheet.   Personal Critique Sheet is due July 3.   Please make a copy of the following form and type in your comments and recommendations.  You will use this same sheet again  when you do your final critique.

 

Name_________________Client________________Date______________________

 

Skill Category:              Comments                                                                    Recommendations

 

Invitational

            Eye contact

            Body position

            Silence

            Voice tone

            Gestures

Opening Skills

            Door Openers

            Minimal Encouragers

            Open Questions

            Closed Questions

 

 

Reflecting

            Paraphrasing

            Reflecting Feelings

 

 

 

Advanced Reflection of

Meaning

 

 

 

Challenging

            Feedback on

            Discrepancies.

            Confrontation

 

Goal Setting

 

 

How did you feel going into this session?

 

Discuss your ability to establish an empathetic relationship.

 

What barriers got in the way of an empathetic relationship?

 

Did you try to deepen the client into a more meaningful level of awareness and feelings?  If so, how did it go?

 

What did you think you did really well?

 

What recommendations do you have to yourself?

 

Read  pages 311-324

 

July 2

            Dealing with Resistance

            Crisis Counseling

 

July 3 

Video Critique

Each class member should turn in a critique on every class member

 

                        Critique Sheet

Reviewer:

Counselor:

Client:

Date:

 

                        Assessment of Accumulated Skills and Advanced Skills

 

Skill                 Circle/add what fits                Comments/Suggestions

                        (May circle several)                                 (Include positive and negative)

Invitational skills

Eye contact             Consistent    Not enough 

                                Too intense   Culturally sensitive

                                 Other:________________

 

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

               

 Body Position      Relaxed Alertness   Some tension

                                    Defensive      Sensitive to client

                                Leaned toward client      Guarded

                                Right physical distance

Other:

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Silence                   Too chatty/avoid silence

                                Some silence for reflection

                                Too much silence—uncomfortable

                                Other

 

Voice Tone             Comfortable        Sometimes revealed counselor’s opinion                                                                      

                        Good mirroring of client emotion

                                Did not mirror client emotion

                                Other:

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Facial Expression/ Smiling   Welcoming     Interested     

Gestures/Touch     Guarded    Matched Client Emotion

                        Touch comfortable to client/counselor    

                  Touch not comfortable or suggestive

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Opening Skills

 

Door Openers        Pertinent  & Comfortable Observation   

(Pleasant                  Lacked opening chitchat

invitation to            Chitchat seemed out of place/uncaring

talk)                         Moved too fast into problem

                                Other:______

 

 

Minimal                                 Client felt heard      Too lengthy

Encouragers           Not enough       Inappropriate

(Brief response/        Other: _______

Head nod)

 

 

Open Questions   Used primarily

                                Excellent to get story & thoughts

                                Not used enough

                                Used to sneak advice

                                Other:

 

Closed Questions Used appropriately for needed information

                                Too many

                                Sometimes seemed judgmental

 

 

 

Reflecting Skills

 

Reflecting                              Sounded rote/parroting     Missed feeling

                        About right time       Seemed long/complicated

                                Exaggerated    Impactful     Matched Mood

                                Right reason in story     Wrong reason in story

 

                                List one reflecting statement you heard the counselor make in the session.

 

Paraphrasing         Good picking up content     Sounded judgmental

                                Picked up emotional tone about right

                                Emotional tone seemed off

 

Advanced Reflecting Skills

 

Reflection of          Indicates understanding of client’s worldview

Meaning (ROM)    Did not seem really get the client’s worldview

                                ROM seemed judgmental       or     accepting

                                ROM seemed to deepen the session

                                Good try but too long and complicated—a real stretch

 

                                List (in approximate fashion) one ROM you heard the counselor make in the session. 

 

Summary Statement            Focusing Summary

                                Signal Summary

                                Thematic Summary

                                Planning Summary

 

                                List one Summary Statement you heard the counselor make in the session.

 

Challenging Skills

Challenging Skills               Heard story before pointing discrepancy

                                Caring         Tactful       Accepting

Constructive         Destructive      Hurtful     

                                Seemed off-target (counter-transference)

                                Other:

 

                                List one Challenging  statement

 

                                What did you pick up that might have needed to be challenged?

 

Goal –Setting Skills

                                Helped focus         Showed lack of understanding

                                Specific        Positive         Simple

                                Important to Client            Realistic

`                               Complicated       General      Unrealistic

                                Other:

 

                                List a “goal-setting” statement.

 

                                What do you think the goal should have been?

 

 

 

Discuss this counselor’s ability to establish an empathetic relationship.

 

 

 

What do you consider this counselor’s strengths to be?

 

What recommendations do you have for this counselor?

 

 

 

 

 

July 7, 2003

Last day I will accept late assignments.

Video Critique.  Class members  turn in critique sheets to counselor

 

July 8, 2003

Volunteer Opportunities.

Video Critique  Class members turn in critique sheets to counselor.

 

July 9, 2003

Video Critique.  Class members turn in critique sheets to counselor

Assignment:  Due July 10

Read all of the critique sheets provided to you by classmates and instructor.   Using the same format that you turned in on your self-critique, discuss what you learned from class critique.    If you do not have your critique sheets back by July 9, then you may bring by this assignment on July 11 to 260 Noble Hall.  The assignment is due the day after you show your video in class.

Prepare for exam

 

 

July 10, 2003

Final Exam:  This exam will be  primarily a skill-based exam.  You will be given  client statements and asked to make a  particular skill response.   You may be given a typescript of a counseling session and be asked to critique it.   Be prepared for a discussion question on the intake process, transference and counter-transference, the counseling relationship, crisis counseling, resistance, or opening or invitational skills.