{"id":6480,"date":"2017-09-11T14:09:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T14:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/counsellingtu.onpressidium.com\/?p=6480"},"modified":"2021-07-07T15:24:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T14:24:35","slug":"three-step-blueprint-passing-skills-evaluation-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/counsellingtutor.com\/three-step-blueprint-passing-skills-evaluation-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-Step Blueprint to Passing Your Skills Evaluation First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"Counselling\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

Introduction<\/h2>\n

In counselling training courses, you will have to record your skills in order for these to be evaluated. While this might sound a really daunting prospect, getting into good habits on recording skills can really help your development as a counsellor. Carl Rogers himself was strongly in favour of recording sessions, and was one of the first counsellors to do so.<\/p>\n\t

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– From ‘Empathic: An Unappreciated Way of Being’, The Counseling Psychologist<\/em>, 1975, Vol. 5, No. 2-10<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In this article, I present three steps to help you record your skills confidently, and to write your skills assignment successfully.<\/p>\n\t

Step 1: Start Recording and Listening to Your Skills from Today<\/h2>\n

Get the equipment right.<\/em><\/h3>\n

\"Recording<\/a>My first advice here is to obtain your own recording equipment. This will enable you to fully understand how it works, to feel comfortable using it, and to trust in its quality (e.g. to record the nuances in the session, such as silences and breathing). These benefits will in turn help you to not to get distracted by the presence of a recording device, or by worrying whether it’s working properly – so supporting the building of the therapeutic relationship and empathy.<\/p>\n

Many people buy dictaphones, but these aren’t the best type of device for this purpose: they are intended more for dictation by one person than for dialogue between two people. I would recommend a proper recording device, which you can spot by the microphone that sticks up at the top. You can often find good secondhand ones for reasonable prices on auction websites (e.g. eBay) – just search for ‘handheld pro audio recorder’. So long as it works, you’re all set!<\/p>\n

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Reap the rewards.<\/em><\/h3>\n

There are several key benefits of recording your skills sessions:<\/p>\n