Lesson 13: Skill Integration, Personal Style, and Review

Attention

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this lesson's material, students will be able to:

  • Understanding family theory, developmental theory, human development across the lifespan, counseling theory, and crisis theory (MHRT/C Outcome)
  • Integrate personal strengths and skills from this class into a document that identifies your own personal style of interviewing and counseling

Teaching

Integrity

Along with the basic aspects skills of counseling there are a number of different perspectives that must be taken into consideration when you are treating a person in the context of their situation, development, and circumstances.

When you are working with an individual consider the following perspectives:

Family

  • What is the importance of family to this person?
  • What quality connections to family does this person have?
  • What role do they play in family?
  • What role do family members play in their lives?
  • What function and dysfunction is a part of the family dynamic?

Development

  • How quickly can the person process personal change?
  • How emotionally ready are they to face their "issues"?
  • How intellectually ready are they to face their "issues"?
  • Review the Stages of Recovery outlined in this Psychology Today article

Developmental Psychology

  • What psychosocial stages have they been through and how did they resolve? (click here to review notes on Human Development theory)

Counseling Theory

  • Click HERE to review notes on four basic approaches to counseling
  • Of the many approaches to counseling, which are you most comfortable with?
  • Click HERE to visit a website with descriptions of 12 different counseling models...each link will download a PowerPoint presentation.

Crisis Theory

  • Is the situation a crisis?
  • How do you know it is a crisis?
  • How is crisis Intervention different than counseling?

Assessment

Possible Class Discussion

Over the semester you may have developed a comfort level with how you approach interviewing and counseling. Based upon the reading on various styles of counseling, how would you describe your personal approach to interviewing and counseling?