Counselling Session on Loss and Working with Loss

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Psychology

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Table of Contents
Overview of the session.............................................................................................................3
Description of the loss and explanation of relevant concepts and theories of working with loss
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Discussion of the session...........................................................................................................3
Quality of Therapeutic Alliance.............................................................................................3
Key loss issues raised in the session.......................................................................................4
Evaluating the counselling skills applied...............................................................................4
Interventions applied..............................................................................................................4
Demonstrate therapeutic Strengths.........................................................................................5
Areas of improvement............................................................................................................5
Effectiveness of the session....................................................................................................5
Suggestions for improvement in application of skills................................................................6
Identification of other strategies, skills or choice points to assist the client..............................6
References..................................................................................................................................7

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Overview of the session
The session held for counselling a women who has gone through drastic changes within a
short period of time and the losses and the pain that she has experienced has been quite
intense as per my views and consideration, being as her counsellor. The session has been
executed through considering the techniques and the ethics to be maintained in the
counselling sessions and this I have done so through understanding the importance of the two
ingredients and its impact on the client. My client has been quite strong and accurate in her
words which helped me in making out the concepts of her pain easily and adequately. I have
practiced the theories of psychoanalysis or the psychodynamic theory, humanistic approach,
and cognitive theory. These applications helped me in making the session quite effective and
fruitful.
Description of the loss and explanation of relevant concepts and theories of working
with loss
My client has been experiencing loss of family, friends, work, and mental peace which has
been the hard core losses of her life. She has been losing her social life which has been her
wider part of life before she decided to shift. I have acknowledged the losses through making
her comfortable and conveying her the confidentiality of the session. I realized through the
application of the humanistic theory of psychology along with the cognitive theory the losses
that my client has been experiencing could be made up through the humanistic theory as the
theory explains that the clients hold on to their destinies and it’s the duty of the councillor to
show the client her genuine care and interest (Servaty, 2004). I have applied the existential
therapy in the session as my client would be benefited through focusing on free will, self-
determination and responsibility towards herself (Vanet al. 2010). The loss of social life and
loss of family has been her losses and this could be made up through the application of the
theories suggested by me.
Discussion of the session
Quality of Therapeutic Alliance
The therapeutic alliance between me and my client has been quite fluent and smooth as I
applied the integrative therapy which helped me in including number of various concepts and
theories in the session. The theory provided me with the best suitable techniques to be applied
in the session and this helped the session to go with a flow initiating with the revelation of the
issue and then gradually understanding the base of the issue (Howarth, 2000). My client