Study Guide for
The Psychology of Counseling
by Clyde Narramore
Based on a syllabus prepared by
John J. Willock, Chairman
IUGM National Research Committee
Part One: Basic Concepts and Techniques of Counseling
I.
The importance of counseling
a.
Focuses on the need of individuals
b.
Enables one to work on highly personal problems
c.
Has a depth Aspect
Suggested Questions:
1.
Why is it important to talk to a person on a personal basis?
2.
What is meant by a depth aspect?
II.
To Whom They turn
A.
People usually turn to someone they know
B.
People take their problems to someone they like.
C.
People take their problems to someone they respect.
D.
People are most likely to seek help from Christian leaders who indicate their
interest in counseling.
E.
People turn for counseling to someone they feel iscompetent.
F.
People take their problems to someone who observes professional ethics.
G.
People turn to the counselor who knows God.
Suggested Questions:
1. List three ways you can get people to seek you for counseling.
2.
List three ways you can prepare yourself for counseling.
III. The Counselor
Qualities of a Counselor - James 3:17
A.
Pure
B.
Peaceable
C.
Gentle
D.
Easy to be entreated
E.
Full of Mercy
F.
Good Fruits
G.
Without Partiality
H.
Without Hypocrisy
Suggested Questions:
1.
What are your good fruits?
2.
What does it mean to be without hypocrisy?
IV. Professional Ethics
A.
Confidential treatment of all personal information
B.
Confidential treatment of all written information
C.
Do not talk about other counselors
D.
Do not discuss about those counselled.
E.
Don not have unnecessary personal contact.
F.
Counsel in an appropriate place
G.
Counselor should relate limitations
Suggested Questions:
1.
What are some ways personal contact can be eliminated?
2.
If a counselee tells you about an illegal act that is to take place, such as a robbery,
what would you do?
V.
Counseling Arrangement
A.
Setting the appointment
B.
Beginning the interview
C.
Determining the length of the interview
E.
Closing the interview
F.
Recording the interview
G.
Handling persistent cases
Suggested Questions:
1. What factors are involved in setting the interview length?
2.
What is the best method to handle persistent cases?
VI. The Counseling Process
A.
Place of importance.
B.
Not a lecture
Suggested Questions:
1.
Why is counseling important?
2.
Why is counseling not a lecture?
VII. Your Best Attention
A.
Give complete attention
B.
Contract for counseling
C.
Importance of setting
D.
The importance of listening
Suggested Questions:
1.
What is a contract for counseling?
2.
Why is the setting important?
VIII. The value of discussion
A.
Talking is thinking
B.
Talking is sifting
C.
Talking is clarifying
D.
Talking is release
E.
Talking is therapy
Suggested Questions:
1.
Why is talking sifting?
2.
How is talking release?
XI. Accepting the counselee
A.
Common sense is important
B.
Attitude of the counselor
Suggested Questions:
1.
Why is the attitude of the counselor important?
2.
Which attitude listed is your common error?
X.
Waiting for the real problem
A.
How to begin
B.
Confidence in counselor.
C.
Pain level of problem
D.
Importance of confidentiality
E.
Attitude of counselor
Suggested Questions:
1.
Why is confidentiality important?
2.
How does the counselor talk of painful problems.
XI.
Recognizing the therapeutic process
A.
Yanking information
B.
Thought emerging process
Suggested questions:
1.
What is the therapeutic process?
2.
Why is yanking information dangerous?
XII. The Significance of Pauses
A.
The pause allows thinking
B.
The pause allows client-centered therapy
Suggested Questions:
1.
How long should a pause be?
2.
What is client-centered counseling?
XIII. Problems and Their Setting
A.
Search for the setting
B.
Determine th environmental limitations
Suggested Questions:
1.
What factors determine the setting?
2.
What are examples of environmental limitations?
XIV. Tracing the origin
A.
The root of problems
B.
The Need for patience
Suggested Questions:
1
How do you discover roots of problems?
2.
What are the values of patience?
XV. Physical Causes
A.
Role of physical causes
B.
Endocrine dysfunction characteristics
1.
2.
3.
5.
5.
Short attention span
Poor memory
Poor coordination
Instability of IQ tests
emotional Instabilities
Suggested Questions
1.
Why are physical causes important?
2.
What other causes need to be considered?
XVI. Multiple Perspective
A.
Problems have many sides
B.
Complete picture considerations:
1.
Sufficient interview
2.
Emotional involvement
3.
Interviewees
4.
Referee View
5.
Word of God
Suggested Questions:
1.
What are some sides to consider?
2.
How does the Word of God relate?
XVII. Motives for Discussion
A.
Motives for Conversation
B.
Motives for Silence
Suggested Questions:
1.
What are the motives for conversation?
2.
What are the motives for silence?
XVIII.Focus on the client's problem
Prerequisite for counseling
1. Problems of counseling
2. Experience of counselor
Suggested Questions:
1.
Why is it important to consider counselor's problems?
2.
hat are the effects of the counselor's experiences?
XVIX. Encouraging self-reliance.
Reliance transfer
1.
Inner Direction
2.
Outer Direction
Suggested Questions:
1.
What are the basis for "crutches"
2.
What is the role of the counselor?
XX. Handling Direct questions
A.
Causes of Questions
1. Talk
2. Attitude of the Counselor
B.
Role of Counselor
Suggested Questions:
1.
How can the counselor use questions?
2.
When does the counselor answer questions?
XXI Involvement
A.
Focus attention o counseling process
B.
Realize time factor in person's situation.
C.
realize objectivity needs marginal identification
D.
Commit the problem to the Lord
Suggested Questions:
1.
Why should the counselor not get close to the counselee?
2.
How can the counselor be sympathetic but not involved?
XXII. Responsibility for Referrals
A.
Sources of referral
B.
Following up referrals
C.
Brief contacts
Suggested Questions:
1.
When should you consider making a referral?
2.
How can you convince a counselee to go to a referred professional?
XXIII. Extending your counseling ministry
A.
Through Christian leaders
B.
Reaching children
C.
Reaching youth
D.
Reaching adults
Suggested questions:
1
What are four ways the counseling ministry can be extended?
2.
Who make the best counselors?
XXIV. The Great Physician
A.
Spiritual considerations
B.
The need for growth
1. Communication
2. Reading the Bible
3. Church Attendance
4. Witness
5. Reading Christian literature
Suggested Questions:
1.
How can the counselor determine that the problem is spiritual?
2.
How can the counselor best help to stimulate growth?
XXV. Success in counseling:
A.
Satan may interfere.
B.
A person may not want help
C.
Rehabilitation requires time
F.
It may be incorrect diagnosis
Suggested Questions:
1.
What is the secret of success in counseling?
2.
What can be done to convince a counselee he needs help?
XXVI. Growing Professionally
A. Taking courses
B. Attending lectures
C. Reading in your field
D. Using recordings
E. Viewing films
F. Professional Organizations
G. Studying related professions
H. Carrying on research
I.
Writing articles
J. Teaching
K. Evaluating your work
Suggested Questions:
1.
How can you evaluate your work?
2.
What sources are available to you to grow professionally?
Part Two: Special areas of counseling
Select two of the four special areas and briefly outline the suggestions.
Part Three: The Use of Scripture in Counseling
1.
List ten hypothetical problems that you may counsel in your ministry and list three
scriptures that you could use for each of the ten problems.
2.
Outline the key thoughts contained in this third part about the use of the
scripture in counselling.