ASSIGNMENT 1.
1. What are the learning methods available to the trainee counsellor?
The main learning techniques are:
Experience
Reading texts
Practical counselling courses
Counselling supervision
Discussions with other counsellors
1.1 Explain in your own words what difficulties might arise c. Submit approx 200
– 300 words.
The experience is an important element when carrying out the advisory work, the
experience can come from both personal and indirect experiences, as well as from the
work done professionally with each one of the clients, not having one keeping updated
the vanguard of the Main mental illnesses together with the clinical techniques of greater
use will undoubtedly benefits a clinical work of greater professionalism and integral
benefit for each of our clients, likewise, to carry out continuous courses and training
related to our profession, without doubts It will become a plus and a tool of great
importance for our patients. Continuous clinical training, both in person and online, is
established as a good strategy
On the other hand, yes, as professionals in counselling there is a continuous supervision of
our work, that is to say with this permanent support at least in the first stages where
professional and clinical work begins will allow us to improve each time in each of our
mistakes and thus putting it at the service of our professional work, the power to have
discussion spaces both with a specialized counsellor and with each of the colleagues who
are in training about the cases worked on, will gradually allow us to adopt better skills
techniques in our professional development
The same would be the fact of not continuing to be professional groups or collegiate
bodies that share our same professional practice, that is where we would be training,
strengthening the technical weaknesses in benefit of our consultants.
Therefore, by not having continuous clinical training, both in person and virtually, we are
harmed compared to other professionals who do it, and our professional service would be
of low quality and professional effectiveness.
On the other hand, yes, as professionals we do not seek from our bases a continuous
technical supervision, we cannot know what those aspects or professional skills would be
to improve, in other words, our professional growth would be stagnant.
2. Give reasons why trainee counsellors might be unwilling to disclose their personal
problems for use during trainee triad sessions. What risks can arise for those who are
unwilling to do this? Submit approx 150 words.
It might be due to they do not have built any trusting relationship with the others trainee
counsellors which means revealing own personal issues to others would be a way to
expose themselves for all sort of critics and judgments, in other words, avoid revealing
personal issues could work as a useful tool to protect your own self-esteem from people
opinions that may not have enough training for interpreting what people problems exactly
means and where the comes from. It’s like a belief that they will not receive adequate
support from the trainee counsellor in case they reveal their weaknesses, so setting limits
for trainee counsellor’s favours that not everyone knows.
Now, in terms of risk for not disclosing personal problems can arise students do not really
know their strengths or weaknesses when working with clients, so triad sessions should be
a stage where students proof in what real level they are regards their counselling skills.
Sum up, It is quite vital for the student to seek out feedback as to their performance the
best setting place is while the learning process is taking place.
3. Discuss different approaches to modelling as a form of counselling training, and their
relative effectiveness. Submit approx 1 ½ - 2 pages.
Video: Adding Video Modelling to counselling program benefits trainee
counsellors as a way to test themselves about weaknesses and strengths, in similar
words using video modelling as a counselling tool enable individuals observe their
own performance and then imitate the targeted behaviour
Observation of counsellors in real-life situations: Observation is an important fact
in human life, scientist took observation of most the events that happened which
helped in the establishment of facts that were propounded into theory and later
became laws that are scientifically proved. In that sense the job of a counsellor
requires apply this principles into the practice to get better results, also being
supervise for a counsellor in real situation enable trainee students to realise which
behaviours should be modified in order to get successful, in the other hand,
Observations in real situation allows counsellors know in detail what is really
happening in daily life with each of the human beings, that is, what kind of family
situations they are facing, economic problems, difficulties at work, interpersonal
relations with their children, with Their partners, emotional problems due to
loneliness, lack of social skills, in short, are a fairly large number of situations in
which the counsellor can be exposed and thus take them as a form of learning and
tool for their future professional exercise. Therefore, observation in real allows the
counsellor to record the behaviour of the client as he is being examined. This
would enable the counsellor to have detailed information about people which
might also be used for further diagnosis.
Role –play: Role-play is a particular way for counselling students to learn
particular types of skills such as treatment planning and emotional responsiveness
when counselling complex clients, role play has been used to counsel couples also
in family therapy to practise assessing crisis scenarios such as suicidal and
homicidal ideation, child maltreatment and domestic violence, so role-play is an
important tool for counselling students to improve professional skills as in this
stage of the learning counselling abilities as less than require .
Therefore role play within a learning scenario is established as an important
mechanism of learning and trial and error given that it is through the permanent
exercise where our failures and strengths can be evidenced, it will allow us a
continuous growth in favor of our future work as advisors, in addition, having a
supervisor which guides and training patterns will undoubtedly serve as an
element of considerable importance given that with their experience and expertise
will guide us on the most appropriate path in our work.
4. Report on your set task. What did your observations tell you about natural
counselling ability? Limit your answer to approx 1 page.
The natural abilities in counselling allow the people involved in this type of clinical exercise
to have a fundamental support for the approach of each of the problems with which each
of the consultants arrive, that is, to have an innate capacity to place in an active listening
position, the possibility of identifying with the problems of the consultants for the simple
fact of being human beings allows us to have a deep understanding of the suffering or
emotional distress of our clients, then having that kind of human qualities allows us to
establish sincere empathetic links both in search of a good working climate and patient
well-being which will come to our stage with multiple expectations to be solved.
Likewise, accepting the consultants as they are regardless of their language, colour, race
or nationality places a human and professional context which will result in a space of trust
and tranquillity where the client can express himself freely and easily. no fear of being
judged or criticized for their way of thinking or seeing life, in general unconditional
acceptance of the patient is a factor that plays an important role in the work of
counselling and benefit of our clients' processes.
In conclusion, having innate abilities for the exercise of counselling benefits not only the
human relationship with our consultants but also the effectiveness of the process itself.
