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A Role-played counselling session.
As part of a university project for Pete Allen-Worth, I was invited to be filmed performing some role-played counselling sessions.
We planned and recorded three demonstration sessions: (1) a display of integrated basic counselling skills, (2) asking only open-ended questions, (3) performing only reflective statements. The second & third videos are more geered towards counselling students, whereas the first is an appropriate “gives you a gist” of how counselling takes place. The part of the client is role-played by Liam Devaney.
Video: Integrated Basic Skills.
This is the first of the videos mentioned.
The part of the client (left hand side) is being role-played but I (right hand side) am working with real counselling techniques. This session is an example early session with a client – assuming that we have completed an assessment and have made a decision to continue into regular weekly counselling. You may assume that both the client and counsellor have met at least once before.
The sessions lasts for just four minutes – a real session would last for fifty minutes and, for example, would likely contain more spaces for silences and thought than this role-play demonstrates.
Related Reading:
Next Steps in Counselling Practice: A students' companion for degrees, HE diplomas and vocational courses: A Students' Companion for Certificate and Counselling Skills CoursesFocuses on the practice of core counselling and professional skills, with vignettes, activities, notes from practice, full references, suggestions for further reading and a running glossary.
