Observation #3
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Observation Form for Counseling Lab Session
Name: __Jordan Weatherly/ reviewing Anthony Gibson as the counselor
Date: _____November 16, 2021__________
Observation #: ____3____
Skill Observed
Example/How was this present? and Comments
Attending Behaviors
Eye Contact
Eye contact was very good throughout the session
Posture
Posture was okay could have been better but was good throughout the session
Voice
Voice was calm, collected, and mellow throughout the session to make the client
comfortable
Opening the Sessions
Opening was good; straight to the point
Observation Skills
All observation skills were good- facial expressions; you could tell the counselor
cared for the client
Encouraging
Minimal Encouragers
Very engaged throughput the session, asked lots of questions and went back to
questions to get more from the client
Door Openers
Lots of door openers to let the client talk more about their situation
Paraphrasing
This counselor is good at looking back and restating what the client said in a
different way to make the client think more
Summarizing
Could have done a few more summarizing with the client about feelings
Nonverbal Behaviors
You could tell the client was sad and upset about their situation on how they
talked and the counselor talking in a calm tone
Identifying
Feelings/Reflection of
Feelings
The counselor is good at stating “ you feel like” “what I hear you saying is how
you feel right now..”
Open Questions
Good at stating what and how questions to get the client to open up more
Closed Questions
A few closed questions, but not too many
Selective
Attending/Intentionality
Focused on the point of the clients story but went back to discuss more on what
was going on, then came back to the topic
Silence
A few times the counselor and client stopped and have silence but it was in a
good way
Immediacy
None in this observation
Observation Form for Counseling Lab Session
Advanced Skills
Reflection of Meaning
The counselor is really good at this skill and gathers more form the client when it
is being used
Confrontation
Not much in this observation was confrontation being used
Goal Setting
Let the client know to take action or a goal in their situation to make it better
Closing
Closing was good “Let me know how it goes next time or well think of
something else together next time”
1.
What stood out to you about this session?
Anthony asked lots of open questions to get the client to discuss more about why she is in counseling.
Anthony also repeated back to the client questions as “ I understand you saying..” to get the client to be more
open and discuss more on that topic. When using open questions its easy to ask how and what questions, but
they can be difficult if they get repeated. The counselor does a great job with open questions and having the
client being open and honest with the counselor. The counselor does a really great job with Identifying
Feelings/Reflection of Feelings as well and having the client think about how its worded and makes the client
understand what they just said better by someone re stating it.
2.
How connected were the counselor and client? What made this so?
The counselor and client were connected by discussing about the clients topic as much as possible and not going
off topic. I don’t believe there was a building of a relationship throughout this session ( I think building that
relationship every session is important so the client can trust you as the counselor and be “safe”)- but the client
got great counseling skills and help from the counselor. The counselor was very attentive to the client the whole
session by asking lots of how and what questions to understand more of the clients situation and to dig deeper in
their conversation and how the client feels. The client was also very open and honest with the counselor with
their situation and wanted to make it better and was open to anything.
3.
What did you like about the counselor’s style that you would want to try yourself?
What I like about the counselors style and throughout the session is that they ask very open questions and very
little closed questions. The counselor also connects with the client by asking repeated answers back to the client
Observation Form for Counseling Lab Session
so the client can hear it differently and the client will open up more and discuss more to the counselor. I really
like; that I stated before; that the counselor dies a great job with Identifying Feelings/Reflection of Feelings, and
I need to do better and try this more often and be comfortable with this approach. I think this reflection of
feelings can get a counselor and client more deeper into the clients situation and get more out of the client so the
counselor can give more impute.
4.
What would you have done differently?
Honestly, I don’t think I would do much differently besides as a counselor building a relationship with the
client. I feel like building a relationship with a client is very important throughout the session and being a
counselor, you want a client to trust you and feel comfortable with them throughout their session. There is one
questions that I would ask the client. One question, I would ask the client would be “Tell me how that makes
you feel when you think about that or when you’re in that position”. I think by that question the counselor
would have gotten more intake and more to go off of.
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