Posted by jay on January 23, 2003, at 3:57:18
In reply to Re: therapeutic conversational techniques, posted by Dinah on January 22, 2003, at 8:49:45
Hi Dinah:
Well..for once I feel useful around here..heh. I am a college grad social worker, with plenty of experience (not bragging..just for reference).
See, when people talk to each other, there are many, many was to answer as a 'helper'. A lot involves listening skills..being able to empathize with a person..and allowing them to make their decision, rather then just giving advice. I know of a whole slewful of therapies and techniques that work, from my personal practice. It may be fun to get the whole board involved, and I think we can learn a lot about each other.
A good focus is the Rogerian based person-centered counselling, which emphasizes working on problems in the 'here and now'. There are other different, and even fun therapies, like the "Im ok..Your ok Therapy" which is used in a type of therapy called Transactional Analysis.
It's not so much a matter of teaching therapies..because that would take far too long, and requires extensive expertise to do them right. I've only been working for 8 or so years, and am now honing my skills in particular therapies.
Basically...what we can do is to help us help ourselves...and in turn the PB community. We can make it simple and easy. Even things like...listening skills...when *not* to offer advice...true empathy. Listening skills are far more complex than people think. So, we can hopefully expand on that, and even find it useful outside of the board.
If interested..or suggestions..please feel free to email me at: jay_ghostrider@yahoo.ca
I hope that clears things up a bit...and am always open to all comments and suggestions. It would be nice to get a group of us to work on this.
Sincerely,
Jay
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