paraphrasing – Iain Douglas Stewart

L3CiCS Reflective Diary – 29th November 2019

By Iain 29 November 2019Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week our tutor asked us to watch Carl Rogers have a counselling session with Gloria in the now-infamous Three Approaches to Psychotherapy from 1965 and give our feedback on it. First of all, I must say that his body language was impeccable. He was leaning forward, showing interest throughout. He was always listening intently, nodding and verbally acknowledging everything…

L3CiCS Reflective Diary – 15th November 2019

By Iain 15 November 2019Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we went straight into roleplays with relation to discrimination – as a client we had to play someone that had experienced some kind of discrimination or was somehow different to the counsellor. First off, I was counsellor to Leonardo’s client. His difference was that he felt he was being mistreated by his employer because of his Attention Deficit…

L3CiCS Learning Log – 18th October 2019

By Iain 18 October 2019Qualifications courseworkNo Comments

This week we looked at the three stages of the counselling relationship. There are three stages in the therapeutic relationship between counsellor and client, and they apply to individual sessions as well as the counselling process as a whole. The start of a session is known as The Beginning and is about the counsellor exploring the client’s world and developing…

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 – 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 – 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 – 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…