FRHD 3400 Lecture 11: Week 11: Other Influencing Skills

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3400
• Professor: John Beaton

Document Summary

Five additional influencing skills: self disclosure, feedback, logical consequences, psycho-education, directives/instruction, defining self disclosure. Trust and openness are often essential to establish a counseling relationship. Many effective therapists allow clients to inquire about them as persons and encourage questions early in the process. As a helper, you are in a position of power and influence, and the client can overreact to what you say. Sensitivity and awareness of client needs are central. When a client asks about your sexual orientation: is it relevant, sense the audience, Disclosing personal information such as a disability: might make a client feel comfortable, depending on their knowledge about disabilities or the flexibility in their thinking. Disclosing significant life celebrations such as marriage: appropriate, might make the client feel more comfortable, Handling a dual relationship: ethics, how it would compromise the therapeutic relationship, Handling seeing a client in public: say hello, say it"s just somebody from work (to family), be polite: self disclosure.