“ Models of the vocational counsellor`s career perfromance ”

1. “Models of the vocational counsellor`s career perfromance” Aneta Slowik Bozena Wojtasik Cross - Border Seminar, Bratislava, 15 -16 th April 2010 “Professional Care for Guidance Practitioners – Who Cares for Those Who Care”

2. Programme of our workshop • Introduction of ourselves • Mini – Lecture – 5 models of the vocational counsellor`s work performance based on research B. Wojtasik • Play – roles: 2 of them • Personal reflections on my work as a counsellor based on models

3. Mini - Lecture • 5 models of the vocational counsellor`s work performance: Psychodynamic and humanist concept of a human being – liberal counselling Cognitive concept of a human being – dialogue counselling Behavioural concept of a human being – directive counselling RELIABLE GUARDIAN LAISSEZ- FAIREIST EXPERT INFORMANT CONSULTANT

4. Characteristics of 5 models` • The expert and informant • Laissez – faireist and reliable • guardian • Consultant

5. The expert and informant • Directive counselling • Significant superiority of the counsellor over the counselee • The counsellor ”knows what is good and desirable” for a client • Counsellor provides a client with ready made – solutions • Counsellor undertakes the following actions: positive reinforcements, persuading, convincing, evaluating, giving guidelines, lecturing and training

6. Laissez – faireist and reliable guardian • Liberal counselling • Counsellor leaves a counselee a significant amount of liberty • He emphasises the strong points of a counselee and his/her enormous human potential • Counsellor should be congruent, unconditionally respect the counselee and accept him/her as he or she is, empathise with the feelings of the counselee and not evaluate or criticise • Counselee is self-reliant, defines his or her problems and helps him or herself

7. Mini - lecture5 models of the vocational counsellor`s work performance - • Psychological concepts of a human being: - behavioural (B.F. Skinner, J. Wolpe, A.Bandura), - cognitive (J. Bruner, U. Neisser, J. Kozielecki) - psychodynamic/humanist (E. Fromm, R. May, S. Freud,)/(C.R. Rogers, A.H Maslow) • Types of counselling: directive, dialogue and liberal (A. Kargulowa)

8. Consultant • Dialogue counselling • Counsellor will be the partner of the counselee • Counsellor`s actions includes new aspects of activities and inspiration to set new goals • Counselee analyses a problem, gains new information, experiments with new ideas, discusses her/his choices • Counsellor and counselee share the responsibility for a vocational choice decision • Problems are solved together

9. Play - roles • Directive counselling – the expert and informant (one person takes a role of counselor another counselee in this counselling situation) - Liberal counselling - laissez – faireist and reliable guardian (one person takes a role of counselor another counselee in this counselling situation)

10. You as a counsellor – personal reflection • 1. Which model are you working on in your workplacement? • Which model do you prefer as a counsellor? • Which model do you have to use as a counsellor? And why? • Please, discuss in your group ? ? ? ? ? EXPERT INFORMANT CONSULTANT RELIABLE GUARDIAN LAISSEZ- FAIREIST

11. You as a counsellor – personal reflection • Please, draw your lifespine as a counsellor ? ? ? ? ?

12. CONCLUSION Feedback about workshop

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