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Name: Beverley Brown Week: 6 Date: 9th October 2013 LO 1.1 Differentiate between counselling and other helping activities LO 3.1 Identify the qualifications required for working in counselling settings LO 4.1 Describe the purpose of personal reflection LO 1.1 Today we talked about the differences in counselling a client as apposed to helping people in our daily lives. Counselling a client is a one to one, trust building relationship in a therapeutic way where boundaries of confidentiality and time are set in place with a contract. The outcome and expectations should be positive. Counselling skills are used with each other in any interaction, you can be just friends or work in other areas such as the police or a teacher where you can give advice which can be done in a parental way. LO 3.1 We worked in pairs for this exercise, we learned that special qualities were fundamental as well as certificates and qualifications. We used a spider chart to demonstrate all of these requirements. In a counselling setting a good councilor would dress appropriately, be empathetic, have moral qualities and use their SOLER. They would have special training in their chosen field and know the referral process. They would be self aware, know their own limits and understand the BACP principals. They will be professional in a highly confidential way with professionalism. They should also be congruent, have ethical principles and moral qualities. It was good that we all had to think about these words, their meanings and requirements so that we/I can identify what is required in a counselling setting and practice them. LO 4.1 Looking back at the triad exercise, where we did role play set in a student client and councilor session with the third peer assessing the student/councilor (which was Myself) and, given feedback, I leaned that I had leaned to far forward into the clients space which made her feel uncomfortable. I was unaware of this which made me realize why these exercises and role plays are necessary. By reflecting on this I am now more aware of practicing my SOLER and putting it right, which will enable the client feel more relaxed. Another time that I reflected from this course was with my journal writing. Although my lesson outcomes were met, I was going to far in depth and going over the lessons in to much detail. I am now practicing at bringing the word count down and tying words in so they meet the lesson outcome without to much detail. I am also aware of the amount of time my tutor has to spend at marking all of her students work and what is expected of me work. Word Count 449