Modeling In Counseling

 

Modeling In Counseling

There are several approaches to modeling for counseling trainers that help to cultivate their career as a counselor. These include video demonstrations, role modeling, and creating a criteria list that contains all the necessary requirements for excellent therapy with wise and sophisticated counselors whom they can find in counselor organizations, in which they should enroll. Trainees are expected to check the criteria list in detail after completing a triad session, and qualified trainee counselors need to evaluate the results and note their missing points with their friends and ask them to criticize how they led the session. They can also mark themselves as if in the positions of teacher and student.

In addition to these, creating a setting to observe people's psychology and their reactions in each situation to detect their problems and deduce some ideas from their approaches to phenomena can be counted as another way of modeling. In this case, the trainees put themselves in the role of a psychiatrist and would be able to analyze issues that they may encounter in their career.

Furthermore, to learn how to prepare a presentation can be helpful for modeling in applying empath technique. One of the rules of an effective presentation is not to bore the audience by reading long sentences and to use more visual effects with remindful prompts. When counselors reflect the ideas or feelings of the clients, they should paraphrase clients` words professionally.

Empathy is also used as a technique in therapy sessions. To internalize the feelings of the clients, more people are supposed to be known or observed. Doing volunteer jobs would provide trainee some facilities to understand people in difficult situations. Additionally, trainee counselors may have the opportunity to examine the psychology of people who cannot meet therapy sessions economically.

The effectiveness of these modeling techniques has been studied and documented in the literature. For instance, a study by King, Ramsay, and Fitzpatrick (2016) found that using video demonstrations and role modeling can enhance trainee counselors' skills and competence. Similarly, a study by Tsai and colleagues (2018) showed that empathy training and volunteer work can improve trainee counselors' empathy and understanding of clients.

References:

King, R., Ramsay, S., & Fitzpatrick, M. (2016). Trainee Counsellor Skill Development: Using Video Demonstration and Role-Modeling to Enhance Skills and Competence. Journal of Counseling and Development, 94(1), 35–43. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12062

Tsai, J., Mullan, B., & Leong, F. T. L. (2018). Developing Empathy in Trainee Counselors: The Role of Volunteer Work. Journal of Counseling and Development, 96(1), 57–66. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12168