What is reflection of feeling? Please discuss and provide an example.
What will be an ideal response?
A reflection of feeling statement provides a mirroring of the feeling or emotion present in a client’s statements. Reflecting feelings involves expressing in the therapist’s words the client’s essential feelings that were either stated or implied. One purpose of reflecting clients’ feelings is to place the emphasis on feelings rather than content and to help clients own their feelings. Usually, therapists begin a reflecting statement with the words “you feel” as an attempt to get a client to own a feeling. The steps in reflection of feeling are to ascertain what feeling the client is expressing, to describe this feeling clearly to the client, to observe the effect of your reflecting statement on the client, and to determine by the reactions of the client if the reflection was facilitative or obstructive.
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a. His transition to 7th grade at a different school is likely to be accompanied by improvements in his academic achievement. b. His academic achievement in 7th grade would probably be better if the transition from elementary school began after 8th grade. c. His academic achievement should be about the same as it would have been if he had attended 7th grade in his elementary school. d. His achievement will be benefited if his parents take a hands-off approach and let him figure out how to handle the academic demands of the new school.
The two most commonly diagnosed sets of disorders probably are:
a. Mood Disorders and Anxiety Disorders. b. Mood Disorders and Attention-Deficit Disorder. c. Impulse Control Disorders and Anxiety Disorders. d. Sleep Disorders and Eating Disorders.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Dr. Jonas Salk the inventor of a vaccine to prevent polio also tested a flu vaccine on hospitalized, mentally incompetent, patients by first infecting them without any type of informed consent from the patients or their guardians. 2. There are no wavers of the process, and all research in counseling and counselor education should be vetted through the IRB process. 3. The IRB must include a minimum of three members. 4. The Institution Review Board process is one outcome of the dictates of the Belmont Report.
Which of the following is a highly recommended approach when working with clients in the preparation stage of behavioral change?
a. development of an action or treatment plan b. conducting a benefits/cost analysis of their current behavior c. pushing the client toward goal attainment d. developing relapse prevention skills