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Counselling Microskills 🙊 🙉 🙊 (Questioning :!?:👽 👾 🤖 🎃 (Open …

- - - - Why Questions
        Questions that begin with “why” often:
        • Cause the client to intellectualize and can lead to a discussion of reasons
        • Cause a client to begin to rationalize or intellectualize their problems, when what we really want them to do is to explore the deeper meaning and feelings behind their issues
        • Cause the client to become defensive and to feel “put on the spot”
      - Leading Questions
        • Leading questions often contain a hidden agenda because the answer or expectation is already embedded within the question.
        • Although well-intentioned, these types of questions place too much power into the hands of the professional counsellor and tend to push the client into a preconceived direction
    - - 2. Why do you think that?
      - 3. How did you come to consider this?
      - 1. What has brought you here today?
      - 4. Could you tell me what brings you here today?
      - How→ Most often enables talk about feelings and/or process.
        What→ Most often lead to facts and information.
        When→ Most often brings out the timing of the problem, including what preceded and followed it.
        Where→ Most often enables discussion about the environment and situations.
        Why→ Most often brings out reasons.
  - - - Is that your coat?
      - Do you enjoy your job?
      - Are you living alone ?
- - - - Having identified a discrepancy, the counsellor highlights this to the client, using a confrontation statement such as:
        ►“On the one hand ..., but on the other hand....”
        ►“You say ... but you do ...,” or
        ► “Your words say ... but your actions say ....”
        Example : “Your words say you would like to spend more time with Amos, but your actions say that it’s not a priority for you.”