Counselling Microskills: Exploring inconsistencies
Channel: Sandra Collins
Date: 2023-05-20

The counselling microskill of exploring inconsistencies involves inviting awareness of, and reflection on, inconsistencies that the counsellors notices among client thoughts, feelings, actions or across time, contexts, relationships (i.e., "You say you are not angry but I notice you are gripping the arms of the chair. I wonder what that is about."). The purposes of this microskill are to gently foreground incongruent messages, to encourage reflection on the discrepancies noted, and to invite further clarification. 

You can view descriptions and video demonstrations for other microskills and techniques through my Counselling Microskills and Techniques playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZkRzHU4Rjb00X5yz475ITmTzPepFhXEm.

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Sandra Collins, PhD
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