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CHCCSL001 Establish the counselling relationship

Darren Myers Counselling client

TASK B: CONDUCT A FIRST COUNSELLING SESSION WITH DARREN

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Part 1

1.1. Welcome

1.2. The counselling process

1.3. Client expectations for counselling

1.4. Client concerns about counselling

1.5. Client and counsellor expectations

Part 2

2.1 Client interview

Part 3

3.1 Explore counselling approaches

Darren Myers Counselling client

You are attending your first counselling

session with the Counsellor (student).

You have come to counselling because

your wife Carmen left you three months

ago and you have been struggling to cope

since.

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CHCCSL001 Establish and confirm the counselling relationship

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1.1. Welcome

You come into the counsellor’s office. You offer your hand to shake

hands (if the student is male) or shake the hand the student offers (if

female).

You say “Hi, I’m Darren”

If the student offers you a glass or water, hot drink or to take a seat you

should accept.

You respond to any small talk/questions the counsellor asks might ask

with short answers.

You sit down on the edge of the seat offered to you leaning forward

with your hands tightly clasped and your elbows on your knees.

You look around, checking out the surroundings, as if you are

uncomfortable being here.



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1.2. The counselling process

If the counsellor explains what the Find Your Freedom business does

and the counselling services offered, you listen to what they are saying.

You fidget a little (tap your fingers or move your hands). You stay

sitting on the edge of our seat.

If the counsellor explains what you should expect from the ethos of

counselling (what counselling is all about) you slowly relax and listen to

what they are saying.

If the counsellor is speaking to you politely and calmly and you feel

like you have their full attention, you nod, listen to them and make eye

contact.

If the counsellor explains what you should expect from the counselling

session you will keep listen to what they are saying.

If the counsellor explains their role continue nodding, saying “ah ha”

and making some eye contact.

If the counsellor is speaking in a way that makes you feel

comfortable, you should find a comfortable position in your chair and

show you are listening by nodding and looking at the counsellor.

If the counsellor explains privacy continue nodding, saying “ah ha” and

making some eye contact.

If the Counsellor is taking more than a few minutes to explain the

counselling process, you will lose interest. You will start to fidget and

look away.



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1.3. Client expectations for counselling

Respond to the Counsellor’s explanation of the service, say

“Yeh, I think it sounds good. It’s what I really need at the moment”

“Gotta get this thing sorted out with my wife”

Nod in agreement and approval if you understand what the

student is explaining to you.

Ask counsellor:

“Will you get my wife to come to counselling and talk to her about

me coming back home?”

If the counsellor tells you they can’t make your wife attend

counselling, you will begin to get upset.

You will sit forward in your set, begin to wring your hand hands,

and look away from the counsellor, annoyed.

If the Counsellor explains that a FYF can offer relationship

counselling if your wife want’s to participate you will be less upset.

You will relax back into your seat, stop wringing your hands and

start looking at the counsellor and join in the conversation again.



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1.4. Client concerns about counselling

If the counsellor asks you if you are worried about anything in the

counselling process, you will say:

Say “I guess I don’t really want anyone to find out I’m here”

If the counsellor asks about why this worries you or your

feelings, you will agree that you feel:

• embarrassed or ashamed that you need help and can’t fix

the problem yourself

• worried or fearful of people thinking you have failed

If the counsellor asks you to explained further, you will say “I

guess I should be able to sort all of this out by myself”

If the counsellor reminds you they will not/cannot share information

about you attending counselling, you will look relieved.



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1.5. Client and counsellor expectations

If the counsellor tells you that you should commit to coming to

counselling on time for four or more sessions, you will say “Yes I

can do that”

If the counsellor tells you that you should be open and honest

about your concern’s you will say “I’ll do my best”.



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2.1 Client interview

This section is an interview and the counsellor may ask you

questions in different orders.

Skip to topics: wife leaving | drinking and marijuana | work | children

If counsellor asks about anything that is not listed here, you will

say you don’t want to talk about it right now.

Sometime during this part of the session you must say “I’ve

wasted the last six years of my life. It was all pointless”

When the counsellor asks you why you are here,

You will say

“My wife left me three months ago. It’s all I can think about all day,

even at work. I can’t sleep properly. I don’t know what’s going to

happen. I haven’t even seen my kids since she left.”



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(Topic: wife leaving)

If the counsellor asks you how you feel about your wife leaving

you will say:

• “It’s been really difficult”

• “She didn’t give me any explanation”

• “I don’t know why she left”

If the counsellor asks you how you are feeling since your wife

left, you will say:

• “I’m not sleeping well”

• “It’s affecting my work”

• “I feel lost; I don’t know what to do with myself.”

• “It’s hard to get out of bed for work or to see people. I just

don’t really see the point anymore.”

• “I get angry easily, little things seem to annoy me.”

If the counsellor asks you how you are coping/what if helping

you handle your wife leaving, you will say:

• “I’ve started drinking more and sometimes I’ll smoke a joint

before bed.”



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(Topic: drinking and marijuana)

If the counsellor asks for details about your drinking you will

give them the information below:

• 3-4 drinks a day, usually before bed

• it started as 1 drink a day

• you find it had to sleep now if you don’t have a drink

• you have had several days where you have not had a drink

and you were okay

If the counsellor asks for details about your marijuana use, you

will give them the information below:

• 1 joint a day, usually before bed

• you don’t smoke marijuana everyday

• it has become more regular over time



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(Topic: work)

If the counsellor asks you how you are going at work, you will

say:

• “I’ve missed work a number of times”

• “My boss is really threatening to sack me”

• “I’m worried I won’t have a job if I can’t get it together”



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(Topic: children)

If the counsellor asks you about your children, you will say:

• “I haven’t been allowed to see them since she left”

• “I miss spending time with them”

• “I’m worried if my wife doesn’t start speaking to me I won’t

get to see them at all”



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3.1 Explore counselling approaches

If the counsellor explains behavioural counselling approaches to

you

This section is omitted in the sample.

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Role Player Instructions

Preparing for the role play

You are being asked to participate in this role play by a student who is studying CHCCSL001

Establish and confirm the counselling relationship in CHC51015 Diploma of Counselling.

This role play is a part of the student’s assessment and will be recorded. An assessor will

watch the video and mark the student’s performance.

Your acting skills and performance in the role play are not being assessed!

This section is omitted in the sample.

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