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102 – How to End a Counselling Session<\/h1>\n\t

Explaining Your Modality to Clients – When Clients Ask for Advice<\/h2>\n\t
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In episode 102 of the Counselling Tutor Podcast, Ken Kelly and Rory Lees-Oakes talk about whether and how to explain your modality to clients<\/strong>. In ‘Practice Matters’, Rory looks at how to end a counselling session<\/strong>. Last, the presenters discuss ways of responding when clients ask for advice<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\t

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Explaining Your Modality to Clients (starts at 1.54 mins)<\/h2>\n\t

Ken starts by asking: should we even do so?<\/strong> It is important to explain your modality to some extent at the start of therapy, so that clients can understand what’s on offer<\/strong> and so make an informed decision on whether it is the right approach for them<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Some clients may have experienced therapy before, while others are completely new to it: it matters that clients know what they can expect<\/strong>. Ken and Rory describe how they each explain the person-centred approach to clients.<\/p>\n

While person-centred counsellors<\/strong> would not go beyond this to explain the underpinning theory to clients, it is not a taught model<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Some other models, however, are<\/strong> active-directive<\/strong> and it is necessary to teach clients the model<\/strong> in order for the client to be able to benefit from the therapy.<\/p>\n

Two examples of this type of modality are cognitive behavioural therapy<\/strong> (CBT – where the therapist would explain the nature of negative thoughts, and how these can affect emotions and behaviour<\/strong>) and transactional analysis<\/strong> (TA – where the therapist would explain the parent-\u00adadult\u00ad-child model<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

It can be very tempting in person-centred practice to come out with theoretical terms<\/strong> that you see as relevant to explaining a client’s experience<\/strong> (e.g. ‘condition of worth’ or ‘introjected value’) but doing so would take the client away from their feelings and into their head<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Whatever your modality, it’s important to remember that – as clinical psychologist John Norcross<\/a> discovered through his extensive research – it is the therapeutic relationship rather than the model that is the most important influence on the effectiveness of therapy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In transactional analysis, the idea of the ‘relational turn<\/strong>‘ was developed by Helena Hargaden <\/strong>and Charlotte Sills<\/strong> and is described in Transactional Analysis: A Relational Perspective<\/a><\/em> (Routledge, 2002).<\/p>\n\t

How to End a Counselling Session (starts at 12.09 mins)<\/h2>\n\t

Rory explains how to end a counselling session in a timely and professional way<\/strong> – a topic that is sometimes not covered in much depth in counselling training. He looks at:<\/p>\n