CTP016 – Self Care – Gestalt and How to Improve your Counselling Skills

Counselling Tutor podcast

Kenneth Kelly

Education

4.8 • 657 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2016

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

This episode of the Counselling Tutor podcast marks the season 1 finale as Rory and Ken are closing down for the UK academic break summer. Topics covered are selfceare for counsellors, Rory gives and overview of Gestalt therapy and Ken speaks about how you can sharpen the skills you have leaned in season one. We end with a debate about how as counsellors we grow during training and what affect this can have on relationships.

Season 1 of the podcast has been a privilege and we hope that you will take some time to review what we have done and let us know what you would like to see more on in season 2.

This episode kicks off with a chat about selfceare as a counsellor. Counselling is demanding on self as we give our own in the therapeutic relationship to be there with the client. it is important to balance being with others with adequate self care so that we as counsellors may remain healthy in ourselves.

In the Theory session Rory gives an overview of Gestalt therapy.
Key Terms in Gestalt

Introjection : Are ways we are told to live our life by others ( Parents, Caregivers, Teachers) we literally 'swallow' and believe what we are told.
Projection: Places their own emotions or issues on someone else.
Retroflection: Someone who splits themselves, for example "I hate myself" the idea that the person is almost talking about someone else.
Deflection: Any technique, which distracts the client from owning there own issues , distraction of excessive use of humour , changing the subject etc.
Confluence: A merging of self with others or something, lacking boundaries. Not having any idea where you stop and the other person begins

Skills with Ken is about how we can become more proficient in the use of counselling skills. Ken outlines some ideas that can take your skills practice to the next level.

Thanks for being part of season 1 of the Counselling Tutor podcast. Season 2 will start in September of 2016 and we do hope you will join us. Be sure to have your name on our newsletter to ensure you get an update when the next season goes live.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Counseling Tutor Podcast, the must listen to podcast for students of
0:07.6	counseling and psychotherapy. Here are your hosts, Rory Lee's Oaks and Ken Kelly.
0:15.7	Hello and welcome to the counseling tutor podcast with me, Rory Lee's Oaks. And on a beautiful
0:20.8	sunny day, Mosley, I have my partner in therapy in an equally sunny place, hopefully.
0:26.3	Mr Ken Kelly, how you doing, Ken?
0:27.8	I'm doing exceptionally well, thank you very much for asking Rory.
0:31.2	And I'm looking out of my window.
0:32.9	And yes, I too see the blueness of the sky.
0:35.8	Very rare indeed.
0:36.8	But what's really nice is I'm looking at the
0:39.1	the swifts flying and darting through the air. So it's very picturesque and beautiful today.
0:47.0	Sounds great. Sounds idyllic. The summer always brings great hope, I think. It's a lovely day out of
0:53.3	the studio window here, Cam.
0:54.7	It is, and it's interesting as well to see if you see that within your counselling
1:00.1	placement.
1:01.9	I certainly notice that there's kind of ebbs and flows according to the seasons and how
1:06.9	people present, and it's just interesting.
1:08.5	I think that's a good master's study out there
1:11.0	somewhere. So if anyone's listening to this and has either access to such research, please
1:16.1	share it because I'd love to have a look at that. But we've got a great episode for you today.
1:20.5	So this is episode 16 of the counselling tutor podcast. We're going to be kicking off speaking
1:26.6	about self-care and we'll get to that in
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