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Explain and demonstrate the use of probing skills in counselling and psychotherapy

Probing skills. It is invasive Probes declare the practitioners perception of what is important to addressControl over the content is shifted away from the client to the practitionerProbing is neither wrong or inadvisable if used sensitivelyWithout it sessions have the potential to become vague

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Explain and demonstrate the use of probing skills in counselling and psychotherapy

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    1. Explain and demonstrate the use of probing skills in counselling and psychotherapy Probing skills Questioning Negative effects of questioning 4) Different types of questioning

    2. Probing skills It is invasive Probes declare the practitioners perception of what is important to address Control over the content is shifted away from the client to the practitioner Probing is neither wrong or inadvisable if used sensitively Without it sessions have the potential to become vague or directionless

    3. Questioning The purpose of questioning is to help clients to focus and to be specific as to how they feel For example, asking open questions This will help the clients to express what they feel and will help them to understand their behaviour

    4. It helps to assist in information For example, it gives the practitioner clear understanding of a particular question It opens up an area within the client For example, bottled up feelings are uncovered such as depression or anxiety It clarifies causes and reasons

    5. It encourages clients involvement Open questions demand a fuller response than “yes” and “no” answers Questions generally begin with “what” “where” “how” and “who”

    6. Negative effects of questioning It increases the therapists control over the client Over use of questions can lead to a question and answer session in which little or no understanding is developed Clients may not have the opportunity nor the encouragement to say what is important to them

    7. Client may feel indifferent as they may not be answering questions that are relevant to them They may feel relieved that the therapist is not asking questions that are relevant to them For example, they may have marital problems that they do not want to talk about and the therapist is not asking them qu’s about it. Therefore they will feel relieved

    8. The therapist may be pre occupied as to what to ask, instead of listening and attending to the client

    9. Different types of questioning There are different types of questioning that can be asked to a client these are…… Open questions Hypothetical questions Why questions Closed question Leading questions Multiple questions Confronting questions

    10. Value laden questions Either /or questions Funnelling questions

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