Counselling Interview Skills

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Para-verbal
Pitch , tone of voice to convey message.
Micro-skills
Greeting and observing, empathy, attending, listening paraphrasing, reflecting feelings, reflection of content and feelings, questions, summarising
What are the 3 types of empathy?
Subtractive, basic , additive
Attending
Focusing full physical and psychological attention on client.
Reflecting feelings means...
  • During paraphrasing counsellor identifies with clients feelings.Tells client what emotion he is experiencing.
Subtractive empathy
When counsellor distorts or misunderstands client
Additive empathy
  • counsellor adds meaning and feelings beyond wot client said.
Reflection of content and feelings
  • combining content and the emotion expressed in one short response.
What are the three stages of counselling
Micro mezzo macro
Generalist counselling
Counselling a full range of areas ie grief, substance abuse, relationship counselling
Micro level of counselling means
focus is on client's personality, motivation emotions
Mezzo level of counselling
Middle. focus on clients networks ie family , work friends etc
Macro level of counselling
environment) focus on how society impacts clients through politics prejudice, education economy or social institutions.
Describe beginning part of counselling
  • opening and rapport; expecations, anxieties , needs of client, suspending judgement, contracting, exploring general aims.
find out clients goals, do they want to deal with a particular problem
Describe middle part of counselling
  • opening and rapport; expecations, anxieties , needs of client, suspending judgement, contracting, exploring general aims.
find out clients goals, do they want to deal with a particular problem