Responding To and Confirming Meaning (Chapter 6) MicroSkill Structure Description Purpose Examples Restating Statement Mirroring clients’ own words or Acknowledge client Client: It’s been a long time since I felt confident enough to phrases to highlight the central experiences put myself out there. message Point to what seems important You haven’t felt confident for quite a while. Encourage client to expand Time has passed and your confidence is still low. Deepen trust Paraphrasing Statement Drawing on your own words, but Confirm meaning Client: It’s been a long time since I felt confident enough to staying as close as possible to the put myself out there. Add experience-near perceived meaning description It’s discouraging to reflect on the length of time… Contribute new language to shared meaning-making You have lost touch with your more confident self. Paraphrasing Statement Inviting attention to client's Draw experience to the I notice that you tensed up when I mentioned his name. nonverbals posture, tone of voice, general client's attention. You say that you are not angry, but I notice that you are (ch 13) presence or shift in topic/content Add experience-near making fists with your hands. description based on We’ve headed in a different direction now. It seems like this nonverbal cues is a topic you don’t want to talk about. Confirming Question Explicitly or implicitly checking Check to see if responses are Did I capture your feelings? understanding or your perception of meaning with experience-near I wonder if we are on the same page… Statement the client Confirm understanding How does the word overwhelmed fit for you? Recapping Statement Summarizing a recent portion of Review the conversation There seems to be a common theme emerging… dialogue Track emergent Let’s take a moment to reflect on these experiences. I have themes/meanings heard you say… and we seem to be thinking that… Confirm understanding Highlight agency Summarizing Statement Pulling together themes from a Pulls together emergent Looking back over today’s session, several themes have longer portion of conversation themes/meanings emerged… Provides closure to one To summarize our discussion so far, I see… as particularly conversation introduces important. How about you? another Counselling Techniques (GCAP 671) Counselling techniques are intentional linguistic practices that draw on one or more counselling microskills. The counselling techniques below are reflective of a collaborative & co-constructive relational stance, rather than a particular theoretical model.
Responding To and Confirming Meaning (Chapter 6) MicroSkill Structure Description Purpose Examples Restating Statement Mirroring clients’ own words or phrases to highlight the central message Acknowledge client experiences Point to what seems important Encourage client to expand Deepen trust Client: It’s been a long time since I felt confident enough to put myself out there. You haven’t felt confident for quite a while. Time has passed and your confidence is still low. Paraphrasing Statement Drawing on your own words, but staying as close as possible to the perceived meaning Confirm meaning Add experience-near description Contribute new language to shared meaning-making Client: It’s been a long time since I felt confident enough to put myself out there. It’s discouraging to reflect on the length of time… You have lost touch with your more confident self. Paraphrasing nonverbals (ch 13) Statement Inviting attention to client's posture, tone of voice, general presence or shift in topic/content Draw experience to the client's attention. Add experience-near description based on nonverbal cues I notice that you tensed up when I mentioned his name. You say that you are not angry, but I notice that you are making fists with your hands. We’ve headed in a different direction now. It seems like this is a topic you don’t want to talk about. Confirming understanding Question or Statement Explicitly or implicitly checking your perception of meaning with the client Check to see if responses are experience-near Confirm understanding Did I capture your feelings? I wonder if we are on the same page… How does the word overwhelmed fit for you? Recapping Statement Summarizing a recent portion of dialogue Review the conversation Track emergent themes/meanings Confirm understanding Highlight agency There seems to be a common theme emerging… Let’s take a moment to reflect on these experiences. I have heard you say… and we seem to be thinking that… Summarizing Statement Pulling together themes from a longer portion of conversation Pulls together emergent themes/meanings Provides closure to one conversation introduces another Looking back over today’s session, several themes have emerged… To summarize our discussion so far, I see… as particularly important. How about you? Counselling Techniques (GCAP 671) Counselling techniques are intentional linguistic practices that draw on one or more counselling microskills. The counselling techniques below are reflective of a collaborative & co-constructive relational stance, rather than a particular theoretical model.