09:30am

Assessment 2 - Perfomence Evidnce (6 role plays)

Needs us to break out

Each person in the class has to do 6 sessions all up.

Karen will come in and out of sessions.

In session:

• Introduce notion of confidentiallity, the notion of confidentiality

Need to fill in perfomance record for each role play. Need to do it for each session.

Everytime you do an assessment with one, you write it.

Candidates name, is our name
Characters name, is other person with you.
Location could be changed to "Online"
The date, first time and second time.
It wouldnt hurt to who played the role of "Lisa"

If face to fave, sign at bottom who did what, otherwise just write the person who played "Lisa"

Counsellor notes – 4 questions about Lisa's forst session. Dont' write an essay... Anser below each point.

Don't be difficult client, stick to the scenario. You are not meant to fix their problem. You are meant to have meaningful conversations with a clients that can talk yto you about what is upsetting her.

Learning to have a provate conversation about something that is upsetting them.

Good trait of counsellor to find strengths in client.

Under each Counsellor Notes to write a Pragraph respons, no essay – about 4-5 sentences would be sufficient.

For assessment 2 we need to do a session and follow up session... Session 3 will be in part 3 with Karen next term done more monitored and officially.

20 minutes to half an hour per session.

Start doing role play session more seriously as of today.

We can start and stop as we like, it's not so strict.

We can do role play as many times as possible.

Need to make sure to have follow up services to offer Lisa, like self help line, Reach out forum, for example... Then follow up if she used them, how anything has changed. Help to diversify how she finds friends, maybe suggest online friends.

Second session, your job is to discuss this with someone, not necessarily try to find things to fix.

Karen will do 3rd scenario next term.,

Jack Scenario - Role Play 1

Also have points 5-8 to respond to. How did you monitor effectivenes? Has this been comfortable, is anything we could have done to make nore comfortable, provide a survey for them to fill in on way out.

Write down who played who...

Typo of Lisa instead of Jack.

In Jacks scenario, he is taking care of his mum, lonely. Recently separated from wife. Struggling.

In the past people have siggested bringing friends and family to help Jack. We ar not to fix.

This is due 8 APRIL by end of term. Do as much as possible as much as possible before th 8 april in role playing.

Today we will start the report record.

If someone is away, do role play with a different person.

Some support for Jack – Carers Gateway, LifeLine, Beyond Blue. We dont send them to these services and done. No, these are between appointments.

We are not case managers.

We dont know his muyms age.

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Role play Monique

Same questions.

She is cheery
Doesnt tell us what relationship she is in.
Some people have sent her to a Tinder date and become wonderful – we are not doing this!
It would helop to see if she has a GP. Also for Lisa. And whther they have had a check up recently.

ASSESSMENT 3 shows what is expected in Role plays, but not pressuring to use now...

Microcounseling skills

Introduction legal and ethical

We start with open ended questions..

Ask why they have come today and so on.

No use of script,, a responsive conversation.

A running sheet could be useful.

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Work Role boundaries

Part of 003

Margaret:

[10:08 am] Margaret Wulff
Now looking at unit 003 PowerPoint
[10:10 am] Margaret Wulff
Non Maleficent means that the client comes up with their own ideas or strategies. Client centred approach
[10:11 am] Margaret Wulff
This PowerPoint is important to make sure that you have done pages 5,6 and 7

We have done Legal and ewthical introduction

Open ending qustions

Paraphrasing and summarising

Ethical overview

CLIENT COUNSELOR BOUNDARIES PPT

Last week we introcued ACA code of etrhical boundaries.

We dont tell people what is good for them. We dont give advice. People talk about their own concerns.

There arew boundariweds bewtwen clients and counselor

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Mirroring

Paraphrasing

Summarising

Helps keep client on track

Reviewing client session..

For role plays we need to summarize and talk abnout that and support clients to work through their concerns.

We dont try to fix them!

We do the talking through stuff..

Assist clients to be aware of underlying issues.

Assisting clients with open ended questions.

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Therapies to assist client – we need to be aware of them to refer and assists client with tools like CBT, EMDR... transpersonal therapy.

Link: Moodgym.com.au – 5 modules to do CBT - has massive following. Anyone can go online and have a go. Gives you an idea what CBT is like and helps us to understand what we may be offering our client (refer to).

Practising with what things ar out threre ourselves will give us a btter idea of what we are offering our clients.

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Open ended Questions

Open-ended questions are a cornerstone of effective microcounseling, helping to facilitate a deeper understanding of the client's experiences, feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. These types of questions encourage clients to explore and express themselves more fully than closed-ended questions, which typically result in short or yes/no answers. Here are some good ideas for open-ended questions to use in microcounseling:

1. Exploration of Feelings and Emotions

• "How did that experience make you feel?"
  
• "Can you tell me more about what you're feeling right now?"

2. Understanding Thoughts and Beliefs

• "What thoughts were going through your mind when that happened?"
  
• "How do you perceive this situation affecting you?"

3. Delving into Behaviors and Actions

• "What was your reaction when that occurred, and why do you think you reacted that way?"
  
• "Can you walk me through what happened leading up to that moment?"

4. Reflecting on Relationships and Interactions

• "How do you feel your relationship with [person] has changed over time?"
  
• "Can you describe a time you felt really understood by someone?"

5. Exploring Goals and Aspirations

• "What are some goals you're currently working towards?"
  
• "How does what we're talking about fit into what you hope for your future?"

6. Investigating Past Experiences

• "Can you share a significant memory that has shaped who you are today?"
  
• "How do you think your past experiences have influenced your current situation?"

7. Probing for Personal Insights and Self-awareness

• "What have you learned about yourself from this experience?"
  
• "In what ways do you think you've grown from dealing with this challenge?"

8. Encouraging Vision and Possibilities

• "What would you like to change about your current situation?"
  
• "If you could imagine the best possible outcome, what would it look like?"

9. Assessing Coping Strategies and Support Systems

• "How have you been coping with this situation so far?"
  
• "Who or what do you find most supportive when you're facing challenges?"

10. Clarifying Values and Beliefs

• "What values are most important to you in this context?"
  
• "How do your beliefs influence your decision-making in this situation?"

Using these questions as a guide, microcounselors can facilitate a therapeutic conversation that promotes self-exploration, insight, and potential pathways for action or change. It's important to adapt these questions to fit the unique context and needs of each client, ensuring they feel heard, understood, and supported throughout the counseling process.

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Watchin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b9WEFYrdDk

Counselling session:

• Express to me the times when you may have been aggressive to your spouse
  
• Can you describe exactly what actually happened?
  
• Can you help me understand why your spouse may be feel scared with you?
  
• Do you think your spouse sees things the same way you see things?
  
• It sounds like you are not very scared of her.
  
• Was there any physical contact between you?
  
• It seems like you dont see the seriousness of your behaviour?
  
• Have you struck her? (Admits to assaulting spouse).
  
• Is it common that there is alcohol involved when being aggressive?
  
• What do you think Lydia is hoping for forem this discussion between us?
  
• You don't seem to be that concerned?
  
• How willing would you be to address these issues?
  
• How do you feel anout Lydia giving you an ultimatum?
  
• What would you be willing to do whilst you think thjat Lydia is exagerating the situation.

Karen: Lot of open ended questions. Seems like is not willing to do much to change situation. CBT would be great to get to the bottom of why he doesnt see that there is a problem.

This case would be a mandatory reportable counselling session.

Break to 11:10am

Margaret:

[10:36 am] Margaret Wulff
Use Open Ended Questions to get the client to talk
[10:38 am] Margaret Wulff
Summarised why he came to counselling
[10:39 am] Margaret Wulff
Give positive feedback to keep engaging your client
[10:44 am] Margaret Wulff
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Course Details
[10:46 am] Margaret Wulff
Limits to confidentiality can be organised in writing before the first session or at the first session.
[10:46 am] Margaret Wulff
Stay calm and keep your voice at a low tone

11:10

Karen: Everything mentioned in class is found in the files.

Will discuss Knowledge assessment

... discussing and I am taking notes in Word doc

service nsw - domestic violence

Worked through assessments to Q 2e

Margaret:

My email address is margaret.wulff@tafensw.edu.au Please reach out if you need assistance with anything to do with your assessments or roleplays.

Break to 12:55pm

Role Playing with Mick Nolan and Natalie Juresic.

We did Lisa, I was counsellor, Nat was Lisa.

Then Mick was counsellor and me Monique

[1:02 pm] Mick Nolan
Lisa presents to your service, she is teary. Lisa informs you she is struggling to cope at the moment. Lisa discloses she is feeling very overwhelmed at school.
Lisa also tells you that her friends don’t want to spend time with her at school and this is upsetting her.
[1:23 pm]
Karen Gandy removed Wayne Woo from the chat.

[1:30 pm] Mick Nolan
Monique presents to your service, she is teary. Monique informs you she is feeling like she is not a good mother.
Monique has a 5 year old son and a 3 year old daughter. Monique stated that she feels tired all the time and upset. She is not sure why she is feeling this way.