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Session 4

Session 4. How to Be a Good Counselor Counseling Couples and Men. Counseling: Key points. Earn the family’s trust Use a private, quiet place Talk together to help the mother make up her own mind Let go of your own beliefs and feelings when counseling. Counseling: Key points (cont.).

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Session 4

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  1. Session 4 How to Be a Good Counselor Counseling Couples and Men

  2. Counseling: Key points • Earn the family’s trust • Use a private, quiet place • Talk together to help the mother make up her own mind • Let go of your own beliefs and feelings when counseling

  3. Counseling: Key points (cont.) • Use active listening • Use silence • Use open questions (not ones that can be answered “yes” or “no”) • Use simple words as well as pictures and objects to explain

  4. Counseling: Key points (cont.) • Repeat back what you think you hear • Encourage the mother to ask any questions she might have • Respect mother’s/family’s rights and beliefs

  5. Counseling: Key points (cont.) • Give only needed guidance • Give correct information • Give praise and encouragement

  6. Two role plays • Now we will have some role plays

  7. Counseling men and couples Photo credit: Angela Nash Mercado

  8. REMEMBER • Important to counsel the couple together so both understand and agree on a FP method. • The CHW must feel comfortable in front of men about PPFP and the subject of sex. • The CHW can use her counseling skills to help make it easier for couples to talk about the uneasy subject of sex and PPFP. • A couple’s early knowledge of PPFP can help prevent an unplanned pregnancy.

  9. What are we learning? • Today you learned the important ways to counsel women/couples so they can trust you and understand you. • Tomorrow you will learn the messages and how to discuss them so mothers can space their pregnancies.

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