文档介绍：Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy
Psych422
Chapter 2: The Counselor: Person and Professional
Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy - Chapter 2
Questions?
What are the personal characteristics of effective counselors?
List two major personal qualities, or strengths, that you think will help you as a counselor? *
What one life experience do you believe has had the greatest influence on your ability as a therapist?
Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy - Chapter 2
The Effective Counselor
The most important instrument you have is YOU
Your life experience, who you are, and how you struggle to live up to your potential, are powerful tools
Be authentic
Serve as models for our clients
Your own genuineness can touch your clients
Be a therapeutic person and be clear about who you are
Be willing to grow, to risk, to care, and to be involved
Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy - Chapter 2
Effective counselors
Warm, accepting, caring
Know who they are
Open to change
Sincere, honest, & authentic
Invested, willing to take risks
Good boundaries
Live in the present
Sensitive to culture…………..more
Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy - Chapter 2
Questions?
What motivated you to be a counselor?*
How would you respond if you were required to participate in personal psychotherapy as a basic part of your degree program?*
Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy - Chapter 2
Counseling for the Counselor
In your experience of being a client you can:
Consider the motivation for wanting to be a counselor
Understand the feelings of being a client
Find support as we struggle to be a professional
Deal with personal issues, increase your self-awareness, and know the impacts for being a counselor
Be aware of and be assisted in managing the counter-transferences
Therapists can help their client no further than they have been willing to go in their own life.
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