Unit on Counseling
Slide 1: What
is counseling?
"… the artful application of scientifically
derived psychological knowledge and techniques for the purpose of changing
human behavior." (Burke, 1989)
Psychotherapy > Counseling > Interview
Slide 2. What
are common features? (Frank, 1973)
- Personal commitment to help clients
- Active involvement
- Some degree of authority
- Inspires faith or hope
- Mediates between clients and society as a whole
- Helps release emotions, rethink problems
- Listens empathically
- Provides explanatory system that helps them understand pain and change
Slide 3. What
are helpful attributes?
- Psychological health
- Genuineness
- Interest in others
- Empathic
- Warm
- Self-aware
- Can tolerate ambiguity
- Aware of own and others' values
Slide 4. Process,
not end-point
Think of this is as a process:
Raw material generally pre-exists training
Refinement begins in graduate school
Continues throughout life
Slide 5. Common
pitfall
Premature problem solving
Failure to set limits
Fear of silence
Using too many questions
Impatience
Moralizing
Reluctance to refer
