- Solve the following situation: you are a counsellor and your client overwhelms you
with attention. By using the formula I... explain in a polite but firm tone that you wish to
maintain a professional relationship. Insist on:- clarifying the situation, without criticism of someone else’s behaviour;
- presenting in a non-diminishing light the consequences for himself/herself;
- describing feelings in a positive manner;
- stating one’s own aims and needs;
- changing the perspective: approaching the situation from the point of view of
the counsellor.
Proposed roles: counsellor, client, observers.
Method evaluation
Advantages:
- ensures additional information to the one obtained by initial assessment and
allows problem identification ; - presupposes a higher degree of involvement on the part of people targeted by
practicing roles useful in social and professional life; in case of in training it
allows the simulation of situations which subjects will confront on the job; - contributes to changes in negative behaviours and developing new useful
behaviours, necessary to fulfil future professional roles or responsibilities; - it is a means of developing spontaneity, initiative, creativity, responsibility,
capacity to face conflicts, and contributes to shaping moral qualities such as:
patience, perseverance, self-control, respect for the others; - favours the practice of problem solving, situations that require experimenting
alternative strategies or adopting optimal career-related decisions.
At the same time, using role-play within group contributes to:
- improving inter-human relationships, facilitate socialization and reciprocal
adaptation of group members; - developing cooperation and group cohesion;
- stimulating, encouraging the participation of timid clients;