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Assessment Description: Reflective Journal: Write and maintain a reflective journal from week two to week eleven. The journal needs to highlight your interaction with the module materials and highlight the progress made through the module. The journal also needs to cover concerns raised and how you have responded to them, using examples where possible. You are encouraged to summarize and condense each weekly entry down to 200 words for submission. In your journal please reflect on the learning outcomes below: Demonstration of assertive communication skills in the counsellingcontext Ability to apply the value of listening in the counselling context Developing ideas on a counselling model of student’s choice Ability to critically reflect on and evaluate own use of the core counselling skills and ability to identify strategies for improvements.
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Introduction
The act of reflecting helps us make sense of what we have learned. In this reflective
journal, I will write down weekly entries on my interaction with the module materials and the
progress that I have made in the course of the module. The entries will also cover any issues that
I encountered during the course of the module and how I overcame them, including the theories
that I applied. The entries will cover an evaluation of the role of basic counselling skills in
effective counseling. I will refer to the role-plays and live skills demonstrations that I observed
during the course of the subject. This will include demonstrating empathy, reflecting on content,
reflecting on feelings, clarifying, and asking open-ended questions. I will also discuss the role
that they play in a helping process, and the risks and limitations of each of them. The reflective
journal will cover the core skills for counselling and change work, with specific reference to
working with adults.
Counseling is a form of therapy in which an individual discusses his issues with a
counselor in a helpful and private surrounding (NHS 2014, p.1). The practice is centered around
treating a client's psychological wellness to transform it or focus it on the different areas of their
issues to build up the correct mentality required to understand it. Various skills impact the
accomplishment of these therapeutic sessions. A large portion of these skills has been covered in
the weekly exercises. This report presents reflections on counseling practice comprised from
week 2 to 11.
Week 2: Attending behavior: empathy and advanced accurate empathy
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The attending behavior is necessary and impacts the counseling process. Attending refers
to being present during an interaction between two individuals. On this, the attending conduct, as
it is identified with counseling, alludes to the mindful communication between a client and his or
her counselor. The attending behavior utilized by a counselor impacts the quality of the
relationship built between the client and the counselor. Empathy is a vital concept in the
attending practice that is basic to the development of this critical relationship. Being empathetic
establishes a virtual experience where the counselor places him or herself in the circumstance
that the patient is experiencing (Elliott, 2011). This allows the counselor to establish a good
connection with the difficulties that the patient is confronting and be better placed to give
suitable answers to the client. An attending behavior that is unprofessional and contradicts
professional practice is sympathy. Here, the counselor tends to feel sorry for the patient towards
the customer and their circumstances. This methodology is not productive since it leads the
customer into more profound issues. Therefore, empathic conduct necessitates that the counselor
takes up the position of the patient by making use of the information given by the client.
Advanced accurate empathy is the second stage of empathy where the counselor explores
the circumstance of the patient by utilizing skills, experience, and information gotten from
outside sources other than the patient (Wicks, Parsons & Capps, 1993). In this way, advanced
accurate therapy allows the counselor to link with the patient better since it is conceivable to
identify the necessary variables to an issue that might be unnoticed by the patient. As a future
counselor, I will utilize empathic practices to establish relationships with my patients. In the first
meetings with them, necessary empathy will be used to make connections. Thus, advanced
accurate therapy will be used to create a more profound comprehension of the patient's
circumstance in the sessions that follow.
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Week 3: Reflective listening skills
Excellent communication impacts the success of a counseling session. The counselor
ought to have the ability to comprehend what the patient is trying to communicate during
counseling sessions. Then again, it is critical that the patient feels that the counselor understands
what they mean. Thus, excellent communication during a session guarantees that the...