Counselling Microskills: Reflecting Meaning I
Channel: Sandra Collins
Date: 2021-05-02

The counselling microskill of reflecting meaning requires the counsellor to draw on their own words to point out potential underlying meanings or inferences in what the client said (i.e., "You have lost touch with your more confident self"). When reflecting meaning, the counsellor adds a new twist or expands on what the client has said but also stays close enough to the client intended meaning that the statement serves the purposes of communicating deeper understanding of client meaning, offering a slightly different lens or perspective on meaning, and actively contributing to shared meaning-making. This video was created as part of the ebook, Fostering Responsive Therapeutic Relationships: Repositioning Microskills and Techniques in Service of Just Conversations  https://responsiverelationships.pressbooks.com/.

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