Life skills coaching level 4 Assignment 2 1. Considering the key learning points in the first section, briefly discuss how you should assess the client who visits you, and name two pitfalls of assumptions. Assess the client by Carry out a full assessment procedure then decide whether you can cope with the individual’s issues * Never assume that you know what is wrong with a client as you may miss some important information. * Another pitfall is to never stereotype the client * Allowing your own prejudice’s issues affect the way you assist the client. 2.
The PDP may help with own knowledge & understanding of where you are in your job role. Also where you would like to be in the future. Avii - supervisor - line manager - other support workers Aviii - training - personal development plan - putting it into practice Aix - recognise training needs - to discuss any care areas I may be unsure of - to expand my training needs to match cutomers needs ie:makaton / BSL - to raise & discuss any problems I may have within the care setting. Task B Case Study Jenna should encourage her customer to follow their beliefs whether she likes them or not. She should not have an opinion on a customers beliefs that the customer can pick up on.
Sometimes clients come to therapy were the counsellor will know little or nothing about the condition the client has. Research in this case may be a form of invaluable guidance to the counsellor in terms of providing a “default therapeutic stance” upon on the initial encounter. Although research in counselling can only tell us possibility of something happening, Cooper (2008) points out that this knowledge can be priceless when there is nothing else to refer to. Research in counselling can also be beneficial to the counsellor in terms of helping the counsellor to gain an understanding of therapy from the client’s perspective. Cooper (2008) points out that research gathered on the clients experience of counselling may challenge the “assumptions and expectations” that counsellors possess on
1.1 Compare methods for developing and maintaining skills for everyday life. Within my role it is very important to encourage the clients do to as much as possible for themselves, if you know they should be doing exercises that the physiotherapist or the stroke nurse has given them, then encourage them, if you know they are capable of getting out of a chair on their own try and encourage them to get out of the chair on their own, try and make them as independent as possible. You should praise them when they achieve something. 1.2 Analyse reasons why individuals may need support to maintain, regain or develop skills for everyday life. People may require support to maintain, regain or develop skills for everyday life skills for various reasons.
Lawrence Crabb claims that the goal of counseling should be psychological and spiritual maturity. Counselors should also seek to assist their clients in reaching their full potential for a life of service. He explains that this accomplished through the counseling relationship. This relationship will vary from client to client. Despite the variations amongst all individuals, Crabb believed that it is important to “abstract a game plan” (Crabb, 1986, p.149) which can be applied to a wide range of situations.
It is important to communicate with your peers, and have meaningful conversations. If you are always alone you could self isolate and fall into a depression. Intellectual health: Intellectual health is the ability to think clearly. It allows you to use your brain for life’s lessons. We live through trial and error and we need to make responsible decisions.
Windy Dryden (2006) says it is basically a person’s desire to rid themself of some kind of personal pain due to life’s adversities, or character traits which may be hindering a fulfilling life (p.5). She also notes that attending counselling as a course requirement should be considered a legitimate reason. (p.5) As a course requirement I attended a counselling session with Annie Rabin, a professional counsellor. McLeod (2003) says clients want to resolve something, learn something or achieve social inclusion. (p.16) My primary aim was to learn but I also achieved a measure of resolve with my problem.
The bottom line in this kind of assessment is to find out if the client would respond to more of an authoritarian approach or a gentle passive approach. There are other incites that are learned about the client here which help determine what kind of language it to be used wether that be colorful, flamboyant, descriptive, thought provoking and so on. Combinations of different choices of words and language are decided on the scoring system effectively tailoring the session for the individuals personality. I would agree that these steps are valuable in gaining the insite you need before venturing into a therapeutic session with a client. If PMR was attempted without any kind of background research on the client the outcome would most likely be unsuccessful or contrived.
I as counselor act as the guide or facilitator of this journey. I as counselor do not act as the self-appointed expert on the client's life who effortlessly dispenses advice to the client on what he/she should be thinking, feeling, and doing. I as counselor do not readily provide answers/solutions to client questions/problems regarding themselves and their lives. From my experience, clients are much more inclined to own and operate an answer/solution if it is of their own creation. On some level of consciousness based on his/her experience in life, I believe the client is in possession of the answers to his questions.
The client must be ready for change, have psychological resources and social support in order to ensure a positive outcome in counseling (Neukrug, 2014). Introduction As a counseling student at Liberty University it is important to learning and understand how to be successful in producing the desired outcome when counseling clients. In counseling it is not beneficial to just counsel but a counselor must be effective and efficient in the counseling process. In counseling, the counselor and client have created an interactive relationship where both parties play pivot role is the success rate of treatment. Before counseling starts, an evaluation of the client is needed to determine possible obstacles