Self Awareness Studio

Category: Counselling Skills

  • Listening: Support response vs shift response in conversation

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    The below article is based on Kate Murphy’s “You’re not listening” where she recounts Charles Derber analysis of responses in conversation. Thank you for a wonderful read! Charles Derber is a Marxist sociologist who analysed conversations and noticed two main styles of response in an individual or group situation The shift response – not listening…

  • Guide to counselling skills

    Guide to counselling skills

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    Counselling skills are a cluster of learned and practised abilities that therapists use with clients to achieve the goals of therapy. Developing these skills involves a combination of knowledge, practice, reflection and feedback. Listening  Listening is a core counselling skill – it’s also frustratingly hard.  Growing up we’re told to control the narrative and dominate…