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FACTS & FIGURES ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH

Exp. mental health issues
3.9%

Suffers anxiety or depression

96.1%

615M SUFFER FROM

1 IN 4 WILL
EXPERIENCE AT LEAST
ONE DIAGNOSABLE
ANXIETY OR MENTAL HEALTH
DEPRESSION. PROBLEM.
SOURCE: MIND SOURCES: MHT; THE GUARDIAN

COUNSELLING CAN HELP YOU TO ACHIEVE

FOCUSING
ACTIVE LISTENING
REFLECTING
INMEDIACY
PARAPHRASING
QUESTIONING SKILLS
RAPPORT BUILDING

PATIENTS AND COUNSELLORS ARE NOT FIGURES BUT...

65% INCREASE IN
DEMAND FOR Highly intensity therapist needed

PRIVATE
COUNSELLING
SERVICES SINCE UK need to Increase Counsellors

2016 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

Source: Mental Health Today

START NO GAME
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CORE SKILLS IN COUNSELLING

FOCUSING
"LISTENING TO THE MUSIC BEHIND THE WORDS" IS A KEY
ABILITY TO REALISE WHAT IS PRESSING MOST THE CLIENT

ACTIVE LISTENING
"TO TRANSMIT CLEARLY YOU ARE PAYING ATTENTION"
BY VISUAL CONTACT AND VERBALISATIONS THAT AFFIRM
THE CLIENT

RAPPORT BUILDING
"ADVANCED ATTENDING" IT INVOLVES BE EMPATHETIC,
WARM,GENUINE AND BEING NOT-JUDGMENTAL TOWARD THE
CLIENT

PARAPHRASING
"ADVANCED ATTENDING" IT INVOLVES BE EMPATHETIC,
WARM,GENUINE AND BEING NOT-JUDGMENTAL TOWARD THE
CLIENT
REFLECTING
"PICKING UP ON THE EMOTIONS" AS THEM ARISE IN THE
INTERACTION WITH CLIENT

SILENCE
"TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND AFFIRM" IS AN USEFUL WAY TO
RELAX THE CONVERSATION WHILST THINKING IN THE NEXT
STEPS
IMMEDIACY
"QUICK INVOLVE" BRINGING ONE INTO DIRECT ATTENTION AND MAKING CONNECTIONS

EMPATHY
"LISTENING TO THE MUSIC BEHIND THE WORDS" IS A KEY
ABILITY TO REALISE WHAT IS PRESSING MOST THE CLIENT

CLARIFYNG
"TO TRANSMIT CLEARLY YOU ARE PAYING ATTENTION"
BY VISUAL CONTACT AND VERBALISATIONS THAT AFFIRM
THE CLIENT

USE OF QUESTIONS
"NOT INTERROGATION" BESIDE CLARIFYING AND
UNDERSTANDING SKILLS TO OPEN CLIENT FREE SPEAKING

SUMMARISING
"ADVANCED ATTENDING" IT INVOLVES BE EMPATHETIC,
WARM,GENUINE AND BEING NOT-JUDGMENTAL TOWARD THE
CLIENT

Patients and counsellors become involved in a

trustful and respectful relationship

the art of listening can be practised by

almost anybody. Source: counsellingtutor.com

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WHO CAN USE COUNSELLING SKILLS?

TO ADOPT COUNSELLING SKILLS MEANS IMPROVEMENT,

DEVELOPMENT AND GROWING

TEACHERS
DOCTORS
MANAGERS
PARENTS
SPORT COACHES

SILENCE ACTIVE LISTENING

FOCUSING
REFLECTING
INMEDIACY
PARAPHRASING
QUESTIONING SKILLS
COUPLES RAPPORT BUILDING FRIENDS
FAMILY SUPPORT LEGAL WORKERS
SOCIAL WORKERS SUMMARISING MENTORS
FRONT HOUSE HUMAN RESOURCES

ALMOST EVERYONE COULD BENEFIT FROM COUNSELLING SKILLS

SKILLS TRANSFERENCE CAN BE ACHIEVED SUCCESSFULLY

IN THE WORKPLACE AND EVEN BETWEEN CAREERS
Source: thecounsellorsguide.co.uk

GAME NEVER OVER

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