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Explanation of Peer Counselor Training Contents
Techniques for Individual Counseling and Confidentiality
- Personal characteristics that help a counselor be
effective
- Basic counseling guidelines
- Specific "Do's" and "Don'ts"
- Definition and basic rules of confidentiality
- Situations which require exceptions
- Talking about matters of confidentiality with clients and
inquirers
Setting Personal Boundaries
Setting personal boundaries helps the
counselor keep a balance and set boundaries in the client/counselor
relationship
- The balance necessary between protection and
vulnerability
- Practical application of boundaries
- How personal needs and unresolved conflicts can become
entangled in the therapeutic process
Understanding Your ClientPersonality Temperaments
- A description of the four basic personality types:
Sanguine, Choleric, Melancholy and
Phlegmatic
- The strengths and weaknesses of each type will be presented
and discussed
Communication Techniques
- Basic types of communication techniques
- Levels of communication
- Rules and attitudes necessary for effective communication
(listen, try to understand, and give feedback)
- Roadblocks that hinder communication
Listening Skills Techniques
- Personal qualities necessary to be a good listener
- Positions counselors take in relationship to their
clients
- Choosing between what is acceptable and what is not
acceptable
- Levels of listening
- Roadblocks that hinder listening
Techniques of Group Facilitating
- Rationale
- Techniques
- Areas of need
- Nuts and bolts of beginning a group
- Practical application
The Healing Process
Session 1 includes:
- Introduction to the recovery process
- The characteristics of an emotionally wounded
person
Session 2 includes:
- Stages of the healing process
Session 3 includes:
- Presents and describes the sixteen core issues common
to all woundedness
- Instructions for working through problems, conflicts
or issues
Understanding Codependency
Session 1 includes:
- A description of codependency
- Its causes and symptoms
- How it influences relationships
Session 2 includes:
Distorted Image of God and Spiritual AbuseHow it Affects
Healing
- Spiritual abuse as the cause of a distorted image of God
- How a distorted image of God happens in childhood
- How it happens in adulthood
- How a distorted image of God affects the view of ourselves and
others
- How can we as counselors assist in healing?
- The R's of Recovery=
Rest
Rehabilitation
Releasing the hurt
Risk taking
- Our role as fellow believers in the healing process
Challenge of Personal Accountability
This closing workshop challenges the
counselor:
- Personal integrity
- Continual pursuit of a deep relationship with God
- Vigilance in recognizing and confronting evil in
ministry situations
We usually conclude the series after this workshop with communion and a
"blessing" for ministry.
Applications Workshop
Students observe a mock counseling session and
then participate in mock sessions.
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