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L2CiCS: Learning Log – 18th October 2017

By Iain 18 October 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we were learning about Stereotyping and Prejudice in relation to the wide range of potential differences between the client and counsellor. These include (but are not limited to) differences in gender, race, age, social habits, capability, sexual orientation and physical ability. Prejudice is having a pre-conceived (usually unfavourable) idea that is not based on anything rational or a…

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 4th October 2017

By Iain 4 October 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

I was not late this week, in fact I was the third or fourth person to arrive, and I was happy about that. Although for reasons I cannot fathom, I had a feeling of being out of my depth at the very start of the session. I am not sure why exactly, but I feel this way at the start…

L2CiCS: Learning Log – 4th October 2017

By Iain 4 October 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we learned about the following core conditions that reflect the attitude of the counsellor towards the client: Empathy, Congruence and Immediacy, and Unconditional Positive Regard (or UPR). Empathy is the highly evolved capacity of human beings to know what other human beings are feeling, and to feel an echo of it in themselves. It is an ability that…

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 20th September 2017

By Iain 20 September 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

Today was my first class, and to say I was nervous beforehand was an understatement. I arrived first to the classroom, and as usual I had negative thoughts. I thought that things had fallen through and the course was cancelled because no-one else was there, then I thought that I should run away and not attend the course. In the…

L2CiCS: Learning Log – 20th September 2017

By Iain 20 September 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

In this first lesson, our tutor gave us an overview of the course and what it is to be a counsellor, the importance of listening skills in the role, and she answered any basic questions we had. She also outlined the differences between counsellors, Keyworkers and Support workers. A counsellor is a qualified and registered person who has trained for…