Counseling Lab 4
Instructions:
Read the following statements and use one to guide your session as the client:
“I have always been able to keep up. I have maintained a 4.0 in my program, worked full-time, and cared for my daughter all on my own. For some reason, I can’t keep up. I don’t know what is wrong with me. My GPA has fallen to 3.8, and it is completely unacceptable! I feel like a failure.”
Students will demonstrate enthusiasm, ethical considerations, respect, multicultural responses, and professionalism. Be sure to attend to listening skills, non-verbal cues, encouragement, and empathy.
In this lab, you will demonstrate the following skills when you are in the role of the counselor:
1. Change technique to practice new behavior
2. Change technique to enhance efficacy and self-esteem
3. Change technique to lower and raise emotional arousal
Answer the following questions after you have finished your counseling lab. Submit responses in a 1-2 page Word document in APA format; use at least 2 scholarly sources to substantiate and support your responses in proper APA formatting for in-text and reference page citations.
1. How did you demonstrate the required skills in the lab? Support your response with the readings and literature.
2. For you as a helper/counselor, what did the exercise bring out that you wish to improve upon? Support your response with feedback provided to you by the instructor during the mock session.
3. What additional skills or learning do you need to make your next session more successful?
4. To you as a client, what aspects of the process were most helpful?
5. What are ethical and multicultural considerations for this mock session?