Assessment: Individual Assignment -Counselling Skills - Assignment Question

You are required to conduct a 15-minute 'mock' counselling session with a 'student dent'. Ensure that ethical guidelines such as informed consent (Permission for recording the session) are followed. This recording will be submitted in the form of a transcript (written dialogue) with details of observations, such as non-verbal cues in brackets.

In your essay that includes the above transcript, you are required to:

• Define the term, 'Counselling'.
• Identify live' relevant counselling skills that a trained counsellor should possess.
• Reflect on application of these skills in the mock counselling session to demonstrate critical awareness of your thoughts and feelings.
• Identify 'five' personal limitations faced when applying these skills during the mock counselling session to demonstrate honest introspection and self-awareness.