Assessment: Critical Reflection

This assessment is designed to allow you to demonstrate your ability to identify the impact of using communication techniques in a counselling capacity.

You will be assessed on your ability to:

• demonstrate your knowledge to identify communication techniques and strategies
• apply critical thinking skills to determine the impact and effectiveness of these techniques to achieve the desired outcome for the client
• demonstrate literacy skills to communicate complex ideas
• demonstrate knowledge of micro-skills within counselling to facilitate the counsellorclient relationship

Below is link to a YouTube clip of a counselling session. Cut and paste this link into your web browser and view the session.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1RY_72O_LQ&feature=related

In a separate document:

1) You are to give the session a rating out of 10. 1 = extremely poor, 10 = extremely good. Give a concise explanation for your rating.

2) Write a 500-700 word essay from the perspective of you being the counsellor. Give a verbatim example of what you may have said differently to the client.

Your examples will need to demonstrate your ability to use:

a) Confrontation skills - explaining the impact you were aiming for and how it will develop and grow the client

b) Focusing skills - explaining the impact you were aiming for and how it will develop and grow the client

c) Influencing skills - explaining the impact you were aiming for and how it will develop and grow the client

d) Understanding of the client's style of assimilating information and cultural or other differences that work against development of your client.