Week 9 Powerpoint summary
You need to be aware of the clients current situation or concern. In order to do this you
need to have the skills to help the client tell their stories and describe their issues. This will help
them wit there cognitive and emotional complexity and help them be able resolve their issues.
The sessions should be focused on the clients problems and concerns. As a counselor we need to
help the client focus on the here and now. Sometimes having the client make a genogram of their
life and there family can help the client. This will also help the counselor learn about the clients
culture and history. When the counselor hangs it up during sessions it will help the client with
their struggles. It can have positive stories on it about ones life and even negative ones. By
having the client explain each part it is letting them know you are paying attention to them. It
will also help the counselor understand how the client is feelings. The client needs to know they
can trust you and that you will be an advocacy if need be. Whether its in a school or working
environment they need to know you are there. Sometimes an advocate is the only way to help a
client when they are being abused get out of a difficult situation. You are the one there to help
them and show them that you are not going anywhere. When they cannot report the abuse
themselves it is the counselors job to be able to do so. The client sometimes may feel betrayed
because of this but ones they get out they will realize that it was the right decision. Abuse
victims are made to feel like it is their fault and they brought the abuse on themselves when in
reality it is the abuser causing those feelings.