““Models of the vocational Models of the vocational counsellor`s career perfromancecounsellor`s career perfromance””

Aneta SlowikAneta Slowik

Bozena WojtasikBozena Wojtasik

Cross - Border Seminar, Bratislava, 15 -16 th April 2010Cross - Border Seminar, Bratislava, 15 -16 th April 2010

““Professional Care for Guidance Practitioners – Who Cares for Those Professional Care for Guidance Practitioners – Who Cares for Those Who Care”Who Care”

Programme of our workshopProgramme of our workshop

• Introduction of ourselves

• Mini – Lecture – 5 models of the vocational counsellor`s work performance based on research B. Wojtasik

• Play – roles: 2 of them

• Personal reflections on my work as a counsellor based on models

Mini - LectureMini - Lecture

• 5 models of the vocational counsellor`s work performance:

EXPERT INFORMANT CONSULTANT RELIABLE GUARDIAN

LAISSEZ- FAIREIST

Behavioural concept of a human being –

directive counselling

Cognitive concept of a human being –

dialogue counselling

Psychodynamic and humanist concept of a human being – liberal

counselling

Characteristics of 5 models`Characteristics of 5 models`

• The expert and informant

• Laissez – faireist and reliableLaissez – faireist and reliable

guardianguardian

• ConsultantConsultant

The expert and informant

• Directive counselling

• Significant superiority of the counsellor over the counselee

• The counsellor ”knows what is good and desirable” for a client

• Counsellor provides a client with ready made – solutions

• Counsellor undertakes the following actions: positive reinforcements, persuading, convincing, evaluating, giving guidelines, lecturing and training

Laissez – faireist and reliable guardianLaissez – faireist and reliable guardian

• Liberal counselling

• Counsellor leaves a counselee a significant amount of liberty

• He emphasises the strong points of a counselee and his/her enormous human potential

• Counsellor should be congruent, unconditionally respect the counselee and accept him/her as he or she is, empathise with the feelings of the counselee and not evaluate or criticise

• Counselee is self-reliant, defines his or her problems and helps him or herself

Mini - lectureMini - lecture5 models of the vocational counsellor`s work 5 models of the vocational counsellor`s work

performance -performance -

• Psychological concepts of a human being:

- behavioural (B.F. Skinner, J. Wolpe, A.Bandura), - cognitive (J. Bruner, U. Neisser, J. Kozielecki) - psychodynamic/humanist (E. Fromm, R. May, S. Freud,)/(C.R. Rogers, A.H

Maslow)

• Types of counselling: directive, dialogue and liberal (A. Kargulowa)

ConsultantConsultant

• Dialogue counselling

• Counsellor will be the partner of the counselee

• Counsellor`s actions includes new aspects of activities and inspiration to set new goals

• Counselee analyses a problem, gains new information, experiments with new ideas, discusses her/his choices

• Counsellor and counselee share the responsibility for a vocational choice decision

• Problems are solved together

Play - rolesPlay - roles

- Directive counselling – the expert and informant (one person takes a role of counselor another counselee in this counselling situation)

- Liberal counselling - laissez – faireist and reliable guardian (one person takes a role of counselor another counselee in this counselling situation)

You as a counsellor – personal reflectionYou as a counsellor – personal reflection

? ? ? ? ?EXPERT INFORMANT CONSULTANT RELIABLE

GUARDIANLAISSEZ- FAIREIST

1. Which model are you working on in your workplacement?

2. Which model do you prefer as a counsellor?

3. Which model do you have to use as a counsellor? And why?

Please, discuss in your group

You as a counsellor – personal reflectionYou as a counsellor – personal reflection

• Please, draw your lifespine as a counsellor

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CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION

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