FRHD 3400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Viktor Frankl, The Counselor, Deeper Understanding

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

Document Summary

Through attending and listening, we are in uencing the client indirectly. In uencing skills must be based on listening, but they take a more direct approach. Do not assume, however, that you, the counselor, are in charge. Clients are the deciders ; our task is to help provide options, plus supporting and encouraging change. The in uencing skills need to be used judiciously and sparingly. These skills are related in that both seek to facilitate new perspectives and new ways of thinking about multiple issues. The two closely related microskills of re ecting meaning and interpretation/reframing seek to enable clients to think differently about themselves, their feelings, and their stories. It is more than just facts; it is the nature of the story and its meaning. You can be similar to the skilled lawyer, but you do not speak for them your task is to facilitate clients" own reframing of old stories and development of new and positive stories.