Technique Description learning style Characteristics

Systematic Desentisation An anxiety-reduction strategy Visual perception; analytical

involving: and deductive approach
Verbal set (overview of (left hemisphere).
technique).
Identification of
emotionprovoking situations.
Hierarchy construction.
Coping responses.
Imagery assessment.
Scene presentation.
Homework and follow-up.
Guided Imagery The counselor asks Visual, auditory perceptual
counselees to relax, close preferences; right brain
their eyes, and create a dominant; average need for
mental picture of an event or structure; varied
experience. Clients share the sociological preferences.
imagery in an individual or
group counseling session
Autobiograghical writings The student writes an Tactual and auditory
autobiography, describing preferences; high structure;
values, interests, goals, high responsibility.
family, past events, etc., and
shares it in a counseling
session.
Progressive In an individual or group Accommodates either peer
Relaxation counseling setting, the or adult sociological
counselor directs students to preferences; kinesthetic
tense and then relax all parts perceptual strength; need
of the body progressively. for high structure.
Students are encouraged to
apply this strategy in
situations in which they feel
anxious, tense, or nervous.
Metaphor, Parable, Figurative language in which Visual orientation; right
Allegory concepts are described brain dominant; global
symbolically or through approach. May be utilized
stories or analogies. in individual, peer, or group
counseling
Free Writing Counselees are instructed: Tactual perceptual strength;
"Conditions of tension, highly motivated and
confusion, hostility, joy or persistent; minimum need
excitement can be released for structure.
through writing your feelings
and thoughts freely. Keep a
log of your writings to share
in individual or group
counseling.