The foundation of intentional counseling and psychotherapy. They are the communication skill units of the counselor/client session that provide specific alternatives for you to use with many types of clients and all theories of counseling and therapy.
What are microskills?
100
1. Empathic relationship 2. Story and strengths 3. Goals 4. Restory 5. Action
What is the five stage interview structure?
100
At the apex of the microskills pyramid
What is integration of skills and determining your own personal style and theory/theories?
100
Our professional organization which gives us ethics
What is the American Counseling Association?
100
the ability to enter the world of the client and to communicate that we understand his or her world as the client sees and experiences it
What is empathy?
200
summarizes the successive steps of intentional counseling and psychotherapy.
What is the microskill hierarchy?
200
will help you and the client to see cultural and contextual issues related to their concerns.
What is focusing?
200
As the counselor, share your own related past personal life experience, here-and-now observations or feelings toward the client, or opinions about the future. Self- disclosure often starts with an “I” statement. Here- and-now feelings toward the client can be powerful and should be used carefully.
What is self-disclosure?
200
Visual/eye contact. Vocal qualities. Verbal tracking. Body language
In the microskill hierarchy, the skills rest on this base
What is ethics, multicultural competence, and wellness?
300
considered critical for client growth and change.
What is empathic confrontation?
300
are those that can’t be answered in a few words. They encourage others to talk and provide you with maximum information
What are open questions?
300
a variety of verbal and nonverbal means the counselor or psychotherapist can use to encourage others to continue talking. They include head nods, an open palm, “uh-huh,” and the repetition of key words the client has uttered. Selective attention to various client key words can have a profound impact on client direction. .
What are encouragers?
300
feed back to the client the essence of what has just been said by shortening and clarifying client comments.
What is a paraphrase?
400
Rests on the base of the microskill hierarchy.
What is attending and empathy?
400
elaborate on possibilities for influencing clients more directly, particularly in the restorying phase of the conversation.
What is interpretation/reframing, reflection of meaning, feedback, and self- disclosure?
400
are similar to paraphrases except that a longer time and more information are involved. Attention is also given to emotions and feelings as they are expressed by the client
What are summarizations?
400
study of the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, and networks of sensory nerve cells called neurons. Many applications to our work as counselors as the brain can adapt and affect neurotransmitters.
What is neuroscience?
400
"you feel ____ because______
What is a reflective statement (or empathy statement)?
500
Reflection of Feeling, Encouraging, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing, Open and Closed Questions, Client Observation Skills
What is empathic relationship, story and strengths, goals, restory, and action?
500
form of selective attention that enables multiple views of client stories. This skill will help you and clients think of creative new possibilities for restorying and action.
What is focusing?
500
A reflection of meaning looks very much like a paraphrase but focuses on going beyond what the client says. Often the words meaning, values, vision, and goals appear in the discussion.