introduction to counseling

HS1200: Week 1 Assignment

What is counseling from a human services perspective and how do your own attitudes and values impact how you work with others? This assignment helps you apply your knowledge from this week’s module and textbook readings. As an HHS professional, you will be expected to understand counseling from a human services perspective. In many positions, you will be required to support the role of counselors in helping others overcome challenges in life. Programming a Foundation for Learning Use Chapter 1, 2, and 3 to answer the questions below. It is NOT important to teach clients listening skills. a. True b. False Active listening skills occur when an HHS worker reflects back on what a client is saying to clarify the meaning of what is being stated. Active listening skills can activate positive regions of the brain. a. True b. False Empathy is the ability to understand the feelings of another. By listening empathetically to clients, you are able to better understand their emotions. a. True b. False Sigmund Freud was the founder of psychoanalysis; which is a method for treating mental illness. Freud believed that events from childhood could have a great influence on our adult lives, which can shape our personality. a. True b. False Carl Rogers was a psychotherapist who believed it was important to listen to a client’s story. a. True b. False While it’s important to build relationships with clients and listen to them, it’s also important to ask them questions to better understand the root of their issues or problems. a. True b. False It is NOT important to respect a client’s body language, boundaries or space while interviewing them. a. True b. False Empathic listening occurs when interviewers attempt to understand a client's world as they experience it. a. True b. False The Three-Stage Model of Interviewing that counselors use with clients involves Exploration (to build a relationship with clients and to identify their problems), Clarification (define and prioritize a client’s problem while setting goals) and Action: (create action plan with clients, to help them achieve goals and terminate the counseling relationship/service provision when clients’ complete goals). a. True b. False Effective counselors maintain appropriate ethics while working with clients. a. True b. False Explain why the use of empathy (or ability to understand the feelings of others) is an important quality to have for an HHS worker when they communicate with clients. As an HHS worker, you might deal with clients who are in crisis. Explain why it’s important to help clients think about their lives and the world in new and more positive ways. Body language involves nonverbal communication, where a person’s thoughts, intentions, or feelings are expressed by physical behaviors, such as facial expressions, body posture, gestures, eye movement, touch and the use of space. Describe an instance when you read someone’s body language. Open-ended questions require a response that is usually more than one word and the person responding shares more meaning or feelings. Share an example of an open-ended question in the box below. Explain why you feel it is open-ended. Example of open-ended question: Explanation: Closed-ended questions require a response that is usually just one word; and often can be answered by “yes” or “no”. Share an example of a closed-ended question in the box below. Explain why you feel it is closed-ended. Example of Closed-ended question: Explanation: Reflection Reflect on what you have learned this week to help you respond to the question below. You may choose to respond in writing or by recording a video! Describe some challenges you might experience when you start working in the HHS field.

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