Counselling Techniques: Co-Creating Language - Client-Centred Metaphors
Channel: Sandra Collins
Date: 2021-05-12

When the counsellor uses the technique of co-creating language, they highlight client words or phrases that seem important to understanding their lived experience. Sometimes they also add possible language to describe client lived experience and invites clients to consider whether than language fits for them. The purposes of this technique are to confirm that the counsellor is understanding the client's meaning, to foster collaboration with the client, and to clarify the client's current challenges and preferred futures. This technique can be integrated into other counselling microskills (i.e., reflections or summaries) to increase the effectiveness of those skills. You can view descriptions and video demonstrations for other microskills used in this video and other counselling techniques through my Counselling Microskills and Techniques playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZkRzHU4Rjb00X5yz475ITmTzPepFhXEm.

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