Helping Skills 101: Intentional Interviewing

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Helping Skills 101

Intentional Interviewing
• Competent interviewing makes a difference in
the lives of individuals
• People can change their thoughts, feelings,
behaviors, and the meanings and visions that
guide their future.
• “not theories and techniques heal… but the
human dimension in therapy…” (Elkins, 2009)
Personal characteristics
that help
• Identity
• Respects and appreciates oneself
• Open to change
• Makes choices that are life-oriented
• Authentic, sincere and honest
• Possesses a sense of humor
• Willing to admit mistakes
• Lives in the present
• Interested in the welfare of others
• Possesses effective interpersonal skills
• Involved in his/her work and able to derive meaning from
it
• Passionate and able to maintain healthy boundaries
EQ Domains

Self-awareness
Self-regulation
Motivating oneself and using abilities
Social Skills
Empathy
Self-Awareness

• Focuses consciousness about oneself,


emotions and effects of these
• Able to take an honest look at one’s life
without the attachment to it being right or
wrong.
• Sure about one’s self worth
Self-regulation

• Self-control. Managing disruptive impulses.


• Trustworthiness. Maintaining standards of honesty
and integrity.
• Conscientiousness. Taking responsibility for your own
performance.
• Adaptability. Handling change with flexibility.
• Innovation. Being open to new ideas.
• Achievement drive. Constant striving to
improve or to meet a standard of excellence.
Motivation
• Commitment. Aligning with the goals of the
group or organization.
• Initiative. Readying oneself to act on
opportunities.
• Optimism. Pursuing goals persistently despite
obstacles and setbacks.
Social Skills

• Influence. Wielding effective persuasion tactics.


• Communication. Sending clear messages.
• Leadership. Inspiring and guiding groups and people.
• Change catalyst. Initiating or managing change.
• Conflict management. Understanding, negotiating and
resolving disagreements.
• Building bonds. Nurturing instrumental relationships.
• Collaboration and cooperation. Working with others
toward shared goals.
• Team capabilities.
Core Conditions in Interviewing

• Empathy: Understanding what the other


person feels and not just what you would feel if
you were the other person.

• Genuineness: Being who you are without


pretense.

• Unconditional Positive Regard: Accepting the


person for who he or she may be without
putting conditions on it.
Empathy

• Service orientation. Anticipating, recognizing


and meeting clients’ needs.
• Developing others. Sensing what others need
to progress and bolstering their abilities.
• Leveraging diversity. Cultivating opportunities
through diverse people.
• Political awareness. Reading a group’s
emotional currents and power relationships.
• Understanding others. Discerning the feelings
behind the needs and wants of others.
Skill No. 1
Attending Behavior: Basic To
Communication

• Attending Behavior: Supporting the


student with individually and culturally
appropriate visuals, vocal quality, verbal
tracking, and body language.
Attending Behavior

• Physical Attending:
• Posture, eye contact, and general
body position that communicates
the counselor is paying attention to
the client.

1. Visual/eye contact
2. Vocal qualities
3. Verbal tracking
4. Attentive and authentic body language
The Basics of Listening

Visual / Eye Contact

Vocal Qualities
3xV+B
Verbal Tracking

Body Language
Visual/eye contact

- Direct eye contact is considered a sign


of interest.
- We not only want to look at client, we
also want to notice breaks in eye
contact.
- When issue is interesting client’s pupils
tend to dilate, but contract when
uncomfortable or boring.
Vocal Qualities

Voice is an instrument that


communicates much of the feeling a
person have toward another person.
Verbal Tracking

• Staying within the topic that the student


presents
• Verbal tracking encourages
client/student to give a full narrative of
the issue
Psychological Attending

The ability to pick up the other


person’s non-verbal as well as
the verbal messages.
END OF SESSION 1

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