Introduction to Micro Counseling

In this programme you will briefly consider the core communication skills of counselling. The fundamental skills that alone or together can help a client to access their deepest thoughts or clarify their future dreams.

The skills we will examine here are attending skills, basic questioning skills, confrontation, focusing,reflection of meaning and influencing skills.

Many will be familiar with the skills-development-matrix which illustrates the learning stages of skill development in four phases:

1.Unconscious incompetence

2. Conscious incompetence

3.Conscious competence

4.Unconscious competence

Learning Outcomes

In this programme you will be able to:

  • Basic concepts in counseling, functions of the helper in various professional work settings.
  • Introduction to helping skills (a primary emphasis of this course)
    • Helping skills.
    • Counselor and consultant characteristics and behaviors that influence the helping process.
    • Importance of self-awareness (struggles, anxieties, and uncertainties of helpers.
  • Counseling techniques and approach.
  • Ethics and standards of the profession.

Programme Outline

Module 1: Building the Foundation

  • Introduction to Counseling and Interviewing
  • Ethics and Professional Responsibilities
  • Understanding Your Clients – The Clinical Interview
  • Introduction to Issues of Diversity

Module 2: INTERVIEWING AND DEVELOPING A RELATIONSHIP

  • Beginnings:  The initial Interview
  • Interviewing and Counseling Skills
  • The Nature of Counseling Relationship
  • The Ethics of Self-Disclosure

Module 3: Ending and Professional Issues

  • Ending
  • Varieties of Counseling Situations
  • Using Counseling Skills that Works
  • Growing a Counseling Professional

Each module focuses on clear objectives and skill demonstrations that can be easily linked to real life instances.

Delivery Method

Well-balanced theoretical and practical methodology, which includes interactive discussions, case studies, interactive activities/exercises and assignments to understand the concepts and their applicability.

Course Includes

  •  5-Day Training
  • Course Notes
  • Stationary
  • Nationally Recognized and Internationally Accredited Certification
  •  Tea/Coffee Breaks
  • Working Lunches
  • Training materials (Soft file)
  • An evening of Thai culture emersion – River Cruise.

Evaluation Criteria

Participants must have attended the sessions at least 80% in order to receive a CERTIFICATE from Bangkok School of Management.

Training Date
Month Day(s) Year
November 27- 01 December 2023
December 4-8 2023
December 11-15 2023
Month Day(s) Year
January 8-12 2024
January 22-26 2024
February 5-9 2024
February
19-23 2024
March 4-8 2024
March 18-22 2024
April 1-5 2024
April 22-26 2024
May 13-17 2024
May 27-31 2024
June 10-14 2024
June 24-28 2024
July 1-5 2024
July 15-19 2024
August 5-9 2024
August 26-30 2024
September 2-6 2024
September 16-20 2024
October 7-11 2024
October 28 - November 1 2024
November 4-8 2024
November 18-22 2024
December 2-6 2024
December 16-20 2024
Certification

Location: Bangkok, Thailand

**Reserve your seats now! No CREDIT CARD required.**