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Development of a Pre‐practicum Counseling Skills Model
Author(s) -
HACKNEY HAROLD L.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.1971.tb01492.x
Subject(s) - practicum , psychology , counselor education , silence , feeling , nonverbal communication , medical education , repertoire , pedagogy , higher education , social psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , philosophy , political science , law , aesthetics , physics , acoustics
This article presents a model and rationale for training specific counseling skills prior to the practicum experience. Recent research on counseling process and counselor behaviors is integrated into a pre‐practicum training laboratory with the following objectives: reducing social behavior inappropriate to professional counseling, learning to tolerate and use silence as a tool, learning to listen, learning to identify feelings through verbal and nonverbal communication channels, developing a repertoire of counselor responses and counseling strategies, and developing a professional self‐image. Acquisition of these skills and attitudes in a pre‐practicum permits a consultation‐professional model for practicum that focuses upon the accumulation of experience rather than skills.