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P7-Coun Psy - Q7- Describe the client dynamics and conflicts of the…
P7-Coun Psy - Q7- Describe the client dynamics and conflicts of the counselling relationship.
Many clients enter the counselling experience voluntarily.
Clients become aware of tension, anxiety, dissonance, confusion or lack of closure in their lives, and they realize that they need assistance.
Clients
Voluntary or self-referred clients
they experience tension and conflict
the tension motivates an effort to seek help and to initiate themselves
they are willing to do some serious thinking
For such client's, a counselor initial question is "
How Can I help?
" is usually sufficient to initiate relevant communication.
Clients ask themselves:
What will this person do with information I share with him or her?
"what impressions of me will the counselor develop if i honestly describe my concerns, stresses, and doubts?"
"what will happen to me during this experience?"
Reluctant clients
Clients are reluctant to participate in counselling.
They may be experiencing tension but do not acknowledge the need for help.
Reluctant clients may include individuals abusing drugs or alcohol, victims of domestic violence, people whose behaviors are aggressive and disruptive to others and may have led to arrest and legal problems, or students who are unmotivated and unsuccessful in school.
such clients are generally pressured or required by a third party to make initial contact with the counselor, they often put up strong barriers to genuine participation.
Working effectively with reluctant clients requires some special skills.
some believe that people should be able to manage their own affairs and that seeking help is a sign of weakness.
some people may even believe that only "crazy" people need to see counselors.
Counselors initiate disclosure with three interconnected patterns:
(1) by inviting communication
(2) by responding to client concerns in a caring and understanding way;
(3) by avoiding doing and saying things that block communication.
Prepared by: Srinivas Adapa;
Content Source: MSc Psychology, Counselling Psychology Text Book - AU, SDE