Questioning Skills & Putting All Skills Together - Questioning Skills

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5Ws and 1H (Where? Which? Who? When? What? How?)

Avoid 'Why' --> Client won't feel challenged --> Replace with "You must have reasons for..."

Open-ended VS Closed-ended (7:3 ratio)

Closed-ended >>> Used for assessment
    • too many Closed-ended
      • clients may feel interrogated
      • counsellors can feel stressed out to think the subsequent questions
Open-ended >>>  ① WHAT? ② HOW? --> can facilitate to find reasons

Follow-up Questions VS Strategic Questions (Balance ratio)

  • Follow-up Questions
    • questions that make clients feel listened to and usually facilitate clients to share more on what they just told prior
    • usually contain some of the client's words in the phrasing
  • Strategic Questions
    • questions that give focus and direction to the counselling sessions.
    • usually links/connects to the counselling theories/approaches
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