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CHAPTER 5 CLIENT OBSERVATION SKILLS ((Exercise:, Elaborate on the three…

- - - - Overlapping
        
        Overlapping is a term that emphasizes the usefulness of multiple perceptual systems in helping a client describes an event. You may find a client talking about a problem with a spouse in rather abstract terms. Ask that client for a concrete example of the problem, then follow up with questions about how the spouse and situation are visualized, what sounds may be heard, and, finally, what feelings are generated in the client. If you are emphatic and use the concept of overlapping sensitively, you may obtain a much deeper understanding of what the client is saying. You will find that you have recreated much of the problem and anchored the client’s reaction to that problem to the “here and now” in the counseling interview.
  - - - Discrepancies between what one says and one does.
        
        parent may talk of love for a child but be guilty of child abuse. A student may say that he or she deserved a higher grade that the actual time spent studying suggests.
      - Discrepancies between statements and nonverbal behaviour.
        
        “That question doesn’t bother me.” (said with a flushed face and a clenched fist.)
      - Discrepancies between two statements.
        
        In a single statement, a client may express two completely contradictory ideas. Over a longer time, a positive statement about one’s job may be qualified by an extensive discussion of problems. Most of us have mixed feelings toward our loved ones, our work, and other situations. It is helpful to aid otehrs in understanding their ambivalences.
      - Discrepancies between people.
        
        Conflict can be described as a discrepancy between people. Noting interpersonal conflict is a key task of the counselor.
      - Discrepancies between nonverbal behaviour.
        
        A client may be talking smoothly on a topic, but careful observation may reveal that her smile is coupled with a tightly closed fist. Mixed messages are often conveyed when parts of the body lack congruence.
      - Discrepacies between a client and a situation
        
        “I want to be admitted to a medical school, but I didn’t make it.” In such a situation, the client’s ideal world is often incongruent with the reality. The counselor’s task is to work through these issues in terms of behaviour or attitudes.
  - - - Movement Dissynchrony
      - Multi cultural Issues In Nonverbal Behaviour