Silicon Beach Training
Counselling Skills Training
2 days - please call for a quote
Counselling is a process where clients are supported in dealing with their personal and interpersonal conflicts by a therapist. It involves active listening skills, empathy, knowing human nature, timing and congruence.
This 2-day introduction workshop allows participants to practise these skills with relevant scenarios, and receive individualised feedback. The course is designed to build participants knowledge, skills, self-awareness and confidence not only during one-to-one situations but also in their daily working environment.
Counselling Skills Training Course Objectives
- To understand the counselling process
- To develop and practice counselling skills
- To prepare and structure a session
- To effectively use verbal and non-verbal communication
- To give participants greater self-awareness and confidence
Counselling Skills Course Content
DAY ONE
Introduction to counselling
- Introduction and overview
- Identifying personal objectives
- The difference between counselling and counselling skills?
- Professional boundaries
One to one sessions
- How to start a session
- Session agreement
- Clients story
- Clients blind spots
- Action planning
- How to end a session
Core counselling skills
- Unconditional positive regard
- Congruence (Respect, Empathy and Genuineness)
- Active listening
- Blocks to listening
- Open ended questions
- Useful and unhelpful questions
- Use of examples and metaphors
- The use of O.A.R.S.
- Reflecting
- Para-phrasing & Summarising
- Body language
- NLP
- TA Adult to Adult communication
DAY TWO
Client issues
- Introduction and overview
- The types of clients and issues
- Working with challenging behaviours
- Conflict resolution
- Handling sensitive issues
Exploration techniques
- Johari Windows
- Free thinking
- The Miracle Question
- If money was no issue question
- E.I. Questions
Solution focused techniques
- Problem solving steps
- Creative thinking
- Self-parenting question
- Decisional balance
- SMARTA goal setting
Skill practice
- Observer checklists
- Use of body language
- Individualised feedback
Counselling Training Course Recommended Reading
Counselling Skills & Theory - Maragaret Hough – buy from amazon
Download course outline as pdf.
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