Revisiting Basic Counselling Skills and Some Advanced Skills for Getting UnstuckIn a typical one-day workshop, you will:
- Understand how good rapport is developed and maintained
- Learn more about the 3 core conditions of effective interpersonal relationships
- Appreciate the importance of using mainly open questions
- Have information on verbal and non-verbal communication skills
- Perfect skills in avoiding communication spoilers and other barriers to effective communication
- Find out how to listen for the main points and themes
- Develop further, skills in attending, following and reflecting
- Have information on submissive, assertive and aggressive communication styles
- Appreciate the difference between use of counselling skills and counselling
- Learn skills to get both yourself and your service users unstuck
Programme Outline
Welcome
Affirming existing counselling skills
Broad outline of listening skills
Open and closed questions – which to use and when
Verbal and non-verbal communication
The creation of good rapport
The core conditions for effective interpersonal relationships
The main communication spoilers and barriers to effective working
Attending, following and reflecting skills
Submissive, assertive and aggressive styles of communication
Specialist skills for dealing with stuckness
Round up and workshop summary
“I hadn’t realised how important a role, non-verbal skills play in good questioning and listening” – Bill Gardiner, Bristol
“I thought I knew everything about basic counselling skills until I came on this course, which has given me so much more” – Brin van der Welle, Bath
“I really appreciated ‘ the skills for getting unstuck’, both for my clients and me!” – Louise Rawlinson, Southsea ‹ Back to Training Courses |
