212 – Psychosexual Therapy

Counselling Tutor

Ken Kelly and Rory Lees-Oakes

Education, Courses

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

The Skill of Summarising - Managing Personal Relationships during Counselling Training In Episode 212 of the Counselling Tutor Podcast, Rory Lees-Oakes and Ken Kelly take us through this week's three topics: In this episode's 'Counselling Foundations', Rory and Ken discuss the skill of summarising. Next, in 'Focus on Self' we'll look at managing our personal relationships. And finally in 'Practice Matters', Rory speaks with Michelle Harrison-Lee on psychosexual therapy. The Skill of Summarising [starts at 2:07 mins] Listen as Rory and Ken discuss the benefits and applications of the skill of summarising: It can be used at the end of sessions to collate information and tie things together. It is a wide skill - different from the skill of paraphrasing. Shows the client that they've been heard and paid attention to. Gives both you and the client a map of where you've been during sessions and shows an emotional journey. It is helpful to have things like this written down so your client can look back on it. Gives an opportunity for the client to say if anything has been misinterpreted. It is a skill that goes beyond simply noting the narrative - you have to be able to capture the emotions too. Managing Personal Relationships during Counselling Training [starts at 20:35 mins] As you go through your training, and life in general, you will change and adapt. This can impact the relationships you have with those around you and in this section, Rory and Ken share some of their personal experiences with this. The main points of this discussion include: You will experience personal growth, bringing with it new perspectives and realisations. These changes will require courage and can be painful. You may find yourself no longer trying to fit in with the crowd you were once a part of. Accepting that this is your true self, even if it means you now feel out of place. You don't have to form yourself to fit into people's impressions or expectations of you. Psychosexual Therapy [starts at 35:52 mins] In today's 'Practice Matters', Rory speaks with Michelle Harrison-Lee on psychosexual therapy. Some of the key points from this section include: It is a positive psychology. There is a long assessment period for clients. The internet and social media provide unrealistic and misinforming views of sex. You're creating an environment in order to help the client build an erotic environment. Psychosexual therapy requires you to be more directive and curious, asking your client about their experiences. You provide homework tasks that the client should be prepared to fail and try again. Links and Resources Advanced Certificate in Counselling Supervision Basic Counselling Skills: A Student Guide Counsellor CPD Counselling Study Resource Counselling Theory in Practice: A Student Guide Counselling Tutor Shop Facebook group Website Online and Telephone Counselling: A Practitioner's Guide Online and Telephone Counselling Course

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Counseling Tutor podcast, the must listen to podcast for students of counseling and psychotherapy.
0:10.6	Here are your hosts, Rory Lee's Oaks and Ken Kelly.
0:15.7	Hi, I'm Rory, and with me as always is Ken. How are you doing today, Ken?
0:19.7	I'm well, thank you for asking Rory. I'm grateful to be here looking at today's episode through the frame of gratitude.
0:26.6	This is episode 212 of the counselling tutor podcast. And today we kick off with our counselling foundations where we recognise that the foundations, the basics of counselling
0:39.5	and which we build our practice are so important and it's important that they are strong
0:43.9	and today we're going to be looking at a skill in counselling and that is the skill of summarising
0:49.0	and I have it on very good authority that there may be an extra added dimension to this one. We then move on
0:55.8	to focus on self. That's the part where we recognize that we as the practitioner, we form the
1:01.2	heart of our practice and we need to look at our own lives and how we show up in our practice
1:07.7	to be well enough to be in service of others. And today we're going to be looking at managing our personal relationships,
1:14.6	what can come up during counseling training or thereafter for us in our personal lives.
1:20.0	And then we go on to practice matters where we dip our toe into the pool that is practice.
1:25.1	We look at different presentations that may come along in practice,
1:28.9	different ways of looking at that, professional items of how we run our practice. And today,
1:35.0	we have a special guest lecturer and that is Michelle Harrison Lee. Rory met up with
1:40.1	Michelle Harrison Lee and she speaks about psychosexual therapy. Really interesting topic.
1:47.1	So make sure you stick around for that. But let's get into those really important,
1:52.0	vitally important foundations, Rory, that underpin what we do as counsellors. And skills,
1:58.1	of course, are the bread and butter of any counsellor.
2:02.1	It doesn't matter what your modality is, you're going to be practising some form of skills
2:06.3	and summarising is non-modality specific. We will all summarise.
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