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Empathy

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validating the client’s experience = understand person’s experience and feelings in the here and now, and communicate that the therapist understands; important for building rapport and facilitates feelings of trust and mutual respect between client and therapist; understand what it feels like to be in client’s world without analyzing or judging & client perceives therapist’s understanding

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Multicultural empathy

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understanding clients from other life backgrounds (ethnicity, SES, age cohort, gender, etc); learning about the culture of clients and appreciating life from their perspective

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Empathy Skills

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ask questions in a respectfully curious manner, listen carefully, explain back what you think client is telling you in your words (emotional understanding); reflect and clarify client’s communication; active listening

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Genuineness

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being authentic = free of dishonesty and hypocrisy; be true to yourself within therapeutic relationship - allow client to view therapist as human being; authentic reactions; self-disclosure

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4 factors related to genuineness

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supporting nonverbal behaviors - eye contact, full attention, nodding, nonverbals need to match the conversation; role behavior - therapist and client are equal partners and work together, beware of authority behaviors; congruence - therapist words, nonverbal behaviors and feelings match each other in interaction with client; spontaneity - responses and feedback provided “in the moment”

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Positive regard

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Show client that they are valued and what they say is important; deep and genuine caring; may not approve of client’s actions but approves/values client

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Communicating positive regard

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commitment - dedicated to working with the client on whatever issues; nonjudgmental attitude - can accept and understand client’s perspective, thoughts, feelings, actions without agreeing with them; warmth - tone of voice, facial expressions, and body posture, thoughtfulness of responses

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Active Listening

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receive a message (verbal & nonverbal), process it, and send it back; clarification, paraphrasing & reflection, themes & summarization

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Clarification

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simplify a message sent by client or help confirm the accuracy of what the therapist think they understood

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Paraphrasing & Reflection

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restating client’s main thoughts in a different way or reflecting back the emotions the client is currently experiencing - client can hear their words and react with more detailed response - deeper understanding and feeling of being heard and understood.

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Listening for themes & summarization

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client’s thoughts, feelings and behavior often become thematic across situations; summarize thematic content = condensed phrasing of the client’s responses over specific period of time - rephrase themes and repeat back to client for clarification

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Beliefs

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everyone is potentially competent individual, moving towards self-actualization; no techniques, but the relationship is the critical variable; need to provide the right climate to tap the innate resources within individual; we behave the way we do because of the way we perceive our situation

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incongruence

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gap/difference between ideal and actual self - therapist’s role is to reverse this;

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self-concept

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organized, consistent set of perceptions and beliefs about oneself - all ideas/values for oneself, including what I am and what I can do

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non-directive

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client leads; client is responsible for improving his/her life; therapist listens and encourages on equal level with client consciously/rationally deciding for themselves what is wrong and what to do

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Q sort technique

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deck of 100 cards with personal statements like “I’m friendly” or “I’m tense most of the time” - sort by which statement best describes self, next best, etc - then sort again for ideal self - calculate gap by use of correlation

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Focus on

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current perceptions, here and now, positive side of people - what is right about someone

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therapy =

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growth promoting climate