EDU 650 WEEK 10 OFFLINE WORKSHOP/TUTORIAL ACTIVITY

SOLUTIONS

1. Guidance helps people make important choices that affect

their lives. It is provided by an expert or authority figure and
can be individual as well as in a group whereas counselling
involves restoring self –understanding, decision making and
personal growth , provided by high level skilled and
professionally trained through interviews, consultation,
reasoning ,one individual at a time , it is collaborative.

2.

Counseling in Fiji, is typically a process in which persons with

authority advise or direct their clients, often without hearing
their stories. Counseling traditionally has been perceived as a
corrective process administered by elder family members, village
leaders, clergy, and teachers who counsel those who stray from
cultural or religious norms. Clients, because of their cultural
upbringing, are prone to follow the advice and directions without
question. Therefore, in the Fijian context, counseling is described
as directive advising.

3. a. Knowledge or understanding of one’s own capabilities,

character, feelings, or motivations.
b. Counselors need to be skillful so that they are able to deal with
diverse cases .Hence they need to be well-informed with current
issues, appropriately equipped and skilled in tackling the
everyday issues.

4.

a. Paraphrasing- A re-statement of what you heard the client say

in slightly different words.
b. Reflection on feeling - Similar to a re-statement, but you are
concentrating more on the emotional aspect & the non-verbal
communication.
c. Summarising - A simple summary paraphrase of several
feelings which have been verbalized (non-verbal and verbal).
d. Empathy- This is the ability to enter the client’s
phenomenological world, to experience the client’s world as if it
were your own without ever losing the ‘as if’ quality.

5.
Open
Allows the client to answer the question in a free-flowing or
narrative style. Used when you want more detailed and elaborate
answers.
Example: What has brought you here today?
Why do you think that?

Closed
This type of question requires only a one or two word response.
Usually…Yes or No.

Example: Are you leaving alone?

Do you enjoy your job?

6. SOLER is an acronym which serves to remind us how to listen.

• S: Face the client squarely; that is, adopt a posture that
indicates involvement.
• O: Adopt an open posture. Sit with both feet on the
ground to begin with and with your hands folded, one
over the other.
• L: As you face your client, lean toward him or her. Be
aware of their space needs.
• E: Maintain eye contact. Looking away or down
suggests that you are bored or ashamed of what the
client is saying. Looking at the person suggests that
you are interested and concerned.
• R: As you incorporate these skills into your attending
listening skills, relax.
7.
Source: MEHA Policy on School Counselling

8. Counsellor should show empathy hence there will be greater

level of trust between client and the counsellor, a greater level of
self-understanding for the client, higher level of feeling happy and
secure.

9. Unconditional positive regard – refers to accepting and

supporting another exactly as they are, without evaluating or
judging them.

Empathy- being able to understand the needs of others.

Congruence – behaving in a way in which you’re your values and

your actions match.