Counselling Theory and Skills
... Setting the scene 3 - 4 Confidentiality 5 Communication 6 First Contact 7 Counselling 8 - 9 References 10 Word Count - 1690 Setting the scene Claire’s wish to abandon her current lifestyle of the spoken word for the new one of the deaf culture may be considered to be one of those steps that everybody takes in life which indicates a desire or a readiness to adopt an area of independence. ... However, it does take seven years to become trained in the signing skills (The Royal National Institute for Deaf People). ... · Make any comment’s · Change anything that I or Claire say’s, mistakes will not be corrected First Contact Claire is aware that our meeting(s) will be about discussing what can be done to resolve the differences of opinion between herself and her parent’s and that it is not a counselling session which I have advised her I am not qualified to carry out. ... Success of the meetings may be judged by Claire’s attainment of good self esteem this comes about when she knows what qualities and skills she has and can rely on. ... Counselling Claire says that her parents havent even given the Deaf culture a chance. ... ” This quandary provides me with a positive reason for suggesting that she takes up some counselling sessions to enable her to overcome the confusion and feelings of stigmatisation.