第三部分 培训小组练习

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TRAINING GROUP EXERCISES RELATING TO PART 3: PROMOTING CHANGE Chapter 13: Various approaches to counselling 1 Researching various approaches to counselling Divide your training group into six small groups for this exercise. Each small group is to research one of the approaches to counselling listed below. This might involve reading a textbook devoted to that approach, reading a relevant journal article and/or searching on the internet. • • • • • • Psychodynamic Counselling Rogerian Counselling Gestalt Therapy Cognitive Behavioural Counselling Narrative _herapy Solution-Focused Therapy. After completing the above, each small group is to give a 10-minute presentation to the whole training group. 2 Personal choice of approach After completing the previous exercise, choose one of the approaches described in that exercise which you believe you would be most likely to choose either as the counsellor or as the person seeking help. Working individually, make notes with regard to both the advantages and disadvantages of using the approach you have selected. When you have completed your notes, discuss them with your training group. Chapter 14: Working collaboratively 1 Comparison of counselling approaches with regard to collaboration Working individually, choose one of the counselling approaches described in Chapter 13. Think about how being collaborative, when using the approach you have chosen, might be either helpful and/or unhelpful. Use an anecdotal example to illustrate your answer. Finally, discuss your answer in your training group. 2 Comparison of a collaborative approach with a non-collaborative approach Work in pairs, with one of you acting as counsellor and the other presenting a personal problem. In this exercise avoid using a collaborative approach. Next, change roles with your partner, and in this exercise the person who is acting as counsellor should use a collaborative approach as far as is possible. Finally, in your whole training group share your experiences of using a non-collaborative approach compared with using a collaborative approach.

Chapter 15: An integrative approach to helping a person change 1 Comparison of integrative and eclectic approaches Working in small groups, research the literature with regard to the various integrative and eclectic approaches used in counselling. This research might include reference to textbooks, journal articles and searching the internet for relevant information. Pay particular attention to the difference between being integrative and being eclectic. After completing this research discuss your findings in the whole training group. 2 Exploration of the way people change Spend a few minutes working individually, thinking quietly and writing down your thoughts. Try to think of a time when a change in your feelings, thoughts, beliefs, attitudes or behaviour occurred. This change may have happened suddenly or over either a brief or a long period of time. What brought about the change? Was it external influences, such as the media or other people, or did the change occur entirely through internal processes such as a realisation or idea that emerged within you? After completing this exercise, if you feel comfortable to do so, discuss what you have written with other members of your training group. 3 The Johari window Draw a copy of the Johari window (Figure 15.1) on a sheet of paper. Write information in the open window that you believe you know about yourself, and that you think others know about you. Think about the information which is in the hidden window and write down reasons why this information is not in the open window. Remember that everyone has a right to keep information about themselves private. Finally write down how you might feel if someone told you information about yourself that others had noticed but was not recognised by you. That is information in the blind window. Finally, discuss the things that you have learnt from this exercise with your training group. Talk about the relevance of this information to the counselling process. Remember that in taking part in this discussion it is not necessary for you to disclose personal information that you wish to keep private.