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L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 18th April 2018

By Iain 18 April 2018Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we looked at more aspects of personal development, such as personal growth and how we feel about our developing counselling skills, as well as how we feel about giving feedback. Personal Growth Looking back on at my own journey on the course since September I have definitely learned a great deal about counselling and the various skills used…

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 28th March 2018

By Iain 28 March 2018Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we went through our folders and I realised I was missing a reflection from unit 6.2. Upon reflecting on whose agenda, the counsellor’s or the client’s, we are focusing on when we ask questions, I reached the conclusion that it depends on what is defined as an “agenda”. I know it’s strange to deliver the conclusion before the…

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 31st January 2018

By Iain 31 January 2018Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week’s Reflective Diary includes my thoughts on Sue’s presentation, as well as my reflections on our roleplays. To monitor our personal development, we were tasked with identifying responses in ourselves that occur during a helping interaction. We did this with several rounds of roleplay. The first roleplay of the evening was Emily as the counsellor, and I played the…

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 13th December 2017

By Iain 13 December 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week Sally did a presentation on the rising level of anxiety in kids. She explained that although the level still was quite low, it was more widespread and nearly all children she came into contact with displayed anxious traits. Like Gloria’s talk last week, it was very eye-opening with respects to the level of support there is nowadays for…

L2CiCS: Learning Log – 6th December 2017

By Iain 6 December 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we were learning about the structure of counselling, in particular the Beginning, the Middle and the End, in relation to both single sessions and full courses of therapy. The first session in a therapeutic relationship is usually an initial assessment. If the counsellor works for an agency then this could be carried out by a trainee or someone…

L2CiCS: Reflective Diary – 27th September 2017

By Iain 27 September 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

I was late for class this week. I phoned for a taxi at twenty past 5, to come to the colleague entrance at work. I got a text message not long after saying it had arrived, but I could not see it anywhere. I phoned the taxi company but alas, it had gone to the wrong Asda. Time was pressing…

L2CiCS: Learning Log – 27th September 2017

By Iain 27 September 2017Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we learned about some skills we use when counselling: Paraphrasing, Reflecting, Open Questions and Summarising. We learned that Paraphrasing is a tool used in counselling. It is when the counsellor repeats back key points that the client has mentioned so far, condensing them into the essence of the problem, not necessarily with the clients own words. It makes…