Skill Potpurri
This process ensures that clients, students, or group members fully understand the purpose, risks, and benefits of counseling before participating.
What is informed consent?
To recieve 50 bonus points, provide an informed consent statement.
Respond to this client's statement with silence:
“I feel really stuck. I want to do better, but I just end up wasting time and feeling bad about myself.”
What is Silence?
The skill used to guide clients toward behavioral change through suggestions or instructions.
What are Directives?
To recieve 50 bonus points, demonstrate the skill.
Silence can be a productive intervention that encourages clients to be more mindful.
True
A key counseling skill used to ensure that each counseling task or activity fits within the session timeframe without rushing or cutting important steps.
What is managing time?
Respond to this clients statement with Confrontation of Contradictions:
“I know therapy and improving my life are important, but I don’t actually follow through on anything we talk about.”
What is Confrontation of Contradictions?
The skill used when client statements conflict with their behavior.
What is Confrontation of Contradictions?
To recieve 50 bonus points, demonstrate the skill.
Counselors are most effective when delivering Confrontation of Contradictions in a direct, aggressive manner.
False.
Contradictions should be delivered with a gentle tone, thoughtful pacing, and without criticism.
Which rapport skill is this?
“Sometimes our cultural or family values shape how we see a situation. I’m wondering if any of your values or traditions might be influencing how this feels for you?”
What is Addressing Unique Culture and Context?
Respond to this clients statement with a reframe:
“I hate that I keep getting distracted by my phone when I try to work on my mental health goals.”
What is reframing?
This skill is helpful when a client needs time to process after an emotional disclosure.
What is Silence?
To recieve 50 bonus points, demonstrate the skill.
When sharing information with clients, counselors can offer advice and personal opinions as long as they align with the presenting problem.
False.
The counselor should only share common or evidence-based information with the client.
Respond with a reflection of feeling.
"Spending time with my childhood friends doesn't feel the same. It's like they don't even know who I am anymore, and I'm by myself."
What is Reflection of Feeling?
Respond to this clients statement with an interpretation:
“Every time I sit down to start my therapy homework, I suddenly feel tired and just want to scroll my phone.”
What is interpretation?
The skill counselors use to share a client's observed behavior and how it may be perceived by others.
What is Feedback?
To recieve 50 bonus points, demonstrate the skill.
Reframing statements are always positive and dispute the negative thoughts, feelings, or statements that the client brings to the session.
False. Being overly positive can minimize the client's experience. A good reframe can be neutral or positive, focusing on a different perspective on the presenting issue.
Respond with a reflection of meaning:
“In my family growing up, we were always very open with each other and talked about everything. Now that I’m part of a blended family, I’m struggling because I don’t know how to build that same kind of closeness with my stepchildren.”
What is Reflection of Meaning?
Respond to this clients statement with a directive:
“I want to be more productive, but I don’t know how to start without feeling overwhelmed.”
What is Directive/Invitation?
This skill is used to hypothesize the meaning behind client behavior or patterns.
What is Interpretation?
To recieve 50 bonus points, demonstrate the skill.
Directives will encourage a client to think about, talk about, practice a behavior, or engage in an activity.
True