Essential Counseling Skills
The posture of active listening in five letters
What is the SOLER posture? (+100pts for each letter: Name all five)
Acceptance of a client regardless of what they say or do
What is unconditional positive regard? (+100pts: What theory is this from?)
Irrational or exaggerated thought patterns that lead to inaccurate perception of reality.
What are cognitive distortions? (+100 pts: Give us an example)
"When someone truly listens, they live in your ___________"
What is heart? (+100pts if you know who said this)
The final phase of the counseling process
What is termination? (+100pts each: Name all three "terminations" in counseling)
Rephrasing while adding meaning re: the feelings behind what the client is saying
What is reflecting? (+200pts: In order to do this, we listen for and think in terms of __________)
There is no deed or thought that is fully outside the human experience
What is universality? (+200pts if the whole team does a happy dance)
2X JEOPARDY: If stories about the self are constructed, then narrative therapy involves ____________ and __________ stories
What is deconstructing and re-authoring?
"In the least, do no_________"
What is harm? (+200pts: Who said this?)
This is ALWAYS the central aim of the counseling process, especially in the beginning stages
What is rapport (relationship) building?
2x Jeopardy: Inviting the client to examine their contradictions
What is confronting and challenging? (+300pts: The best way to do this is to take the stance of _____________)
When clients unconsciously imitate the counselor
What is mirroring?
A Solution-Focused Brief Therapy technique where the counselor explores a client's fantasy
What is the magic wand? (+300pts: Walk us through it)
2x Jeopardy: "Every child is one __________ _________ away from becoming a success story"
What is a caring adult?
A productive desire beneath unhealthy ways of achieving it
What is a "healthy striving"?
Simply stating what you're observing in the client
What are process observation comments? (+400pts: Share an example)
When trust and cohesion exist, clients re-experience emotions about a situation in a cathartic way
What is a corrective emotional experience?
It is filed when there is suspected abuse or neglect
What is a 51A report? (+400pts: Who are those that are legally obligated to report?)
"In counseling, we care just as much about _____________ as we do about content"
What is process? (+400pts: Can you define "process"?)
3x Jeopardy: Naming the uncomfortable reality (pink elephant) in the room
What is immediacy?
3x Jeopardy: Counselors implicitly conduct this at every session.
What is a Mental Status Exam? (+500pts: Do you know ASEPTIC?)
2x Jeopardy: When the counselor rescues the client from discomfort or negative feelings
What is empathic failure? (+500pts: A key question counselors can ask themselves to make sure it's not about them)
The higher number of this, the higher the risk for negative health outcomes (including mental health)
What are Adverse Childhood Experiences? (+500pts: Which MD taught us about ACES in class?)
"What makes a counselor good is not their insightful responses but insightful _____________________"
What are questions?
A tangible item that clients take with them from the termination session
What is a transitional object? (+500pts: In narrative therapy, what serves as a transitional object?)