In: Psychology
Write a counselor response for each stage
The skills that you have learned in this class are used throughout
all stages of a counseling session. However, there are clearly some
skills that are specific to the particular stages. For each of the
following scenarios, write a counselor response that
would clearly be an example used in each
stage. You may need to use your imagination and make
up further information about the situation.
Scenario #2
Tom, the young sailor says: I'm not sure what to do. My car
insurance was canceled & I don't know why. I'm not sure I'll be
able to get insurance because I just can't afford it since my car
won't pass inspection until I get the exhaust system fixed. I'm not
going to be able to get to work without a car. And now I have to
start payments on the new stereo I bought.
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Stage 5 –
Techniques of Counselling
Techniques used by the counsellor in counselling process are as follows :---------------
1. Establishing Rapport : When a client visits the counsellor for the first time, the counsellor should welcome his client. Counsellor should make him comfortable, and he should be taken into confidence. The main basis of establishing rapport is the fame of the counsellor ability.
2. Cultivating Self-understanding : The pupil or theclints should posses the knowledge and understanding of his own abilities and responsibilities very clearly. The client should understand all these before using these abilities and responsibilities. Therefore, the counsellor should have the experience of test- administration and interpretation of the test scoreres. The test scores provide a strong base for diagnosis and prognosis in the counselling process.
3. Advising and Planninga Programme of Action : The counsellor starts wih the client's objectives and his attitude etc. and indicates favourable and unfavourable facts or data. He weighs the evidences and he understands the facts why he is giving special suggestion to the pupil. It believes that the counsellor should state his attitude with definiteness. Followings methods of advising the pupil after gathering the data are:
?4. Explaintary method : This method is the most desireable method in the counselling. In this, counsellor gradually understand very carefully the diagnostic data and indicate that situations in which the pupil's potentialities can be used.
5. Referal to other Personnel workers : Consellor can solve all types of problems of the pupils. He should recognise his limitations and he should be giving the knowledge of sources of specialised help. He should suggest the pupil to seek the assistance from other source.
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