Lesson 12: Influencing Skills and Strategies Attention There are a great many factors and forces that influence us every day... Family As counselors we have the opportunity to be influential as well...to be a positive force for change and thought. In preparation for this Lesson, read Chapter 12 in your textbook Learning Outcomes Upon completion of this lesson's material, students will be able to:
Teaching Reading Chapter 12: Incluencing Skills Influence and Change The process of influencing someone and helping them change builds on the counseling process we have discussed so far:
They won't care what you know until they know that you care Fundamentally is is STILL all about building the trusting relationship! Moderating Triad These three skills are the keys toward building relationship, showing interest, and ultimately influencing people:
Please note that this list does not contain any of the advanced skills!! Therapeutic Use of Self Carl Rogers introduced the concept of using the "self" as role model, active interested party, personality, etc as a key aspect of the therapeutic relationship.
Influencing Skills These particular skills are useful in accessing your own story and experiences and bringing them into the counseling session. As you can tell, these, as all skills, need to be intentional and not all skills are "good" for all clients and not all counselors are good at using all the skills!
Assessment Lesson 12 Quiz Consider each of the six influencing skills associated with this unit. Identify one that you consider you may have a particular problem or struggle using and post a discussion topic related to the following questions:
Lesson 12 Discussion Consider the same list of influencing skills from the Lesson. Describe a skill that you think you will be particularly good at and present a story that expemplifies your skill.
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