Bаsic Cоunseling Skills Chооse ONLY ONE of the following two questions. Write ONLY “Question 1” or “Question 2” before typing your аnswer in your document; do NOT write аny part of the question. _________________________________ Question 1: A 15-year-old, African-American boy, who identifies as “gay,” is “ordered” by his school to go to therapy for his involvement in an “altercation” after a football game at the boy’s high school. If the boy does not go to therapy, he will be suspended from school for 3 days. You are scheduled to see this client once per week for five (5) weeks. The boy said that he plans on attending all five sessions with you but, after the fifth session, will not be continuing in therapy with you. The first session starts with him blaming the other kid involved in the “altercation.” Choose one of the following counseling skills. 1) Reflection of Feeling OR 2) Paraphrasing For the one counseling skill you chose (from above) AND the counseling skill, "Confrontation:" Part 1: Explain when (i.e., in which one(s) of the five sessions) you might use each of the two counseling skills with the client. Part 2: Write an example of a verbal exchange between you and the client highlighting the counseling skill. Your response must include: reference to at least one of the client’s identities....AND at least four responses by you AND four responses by the client. Remember that your answer must include writing for a) and b) above for, BOTH, the skill of "Confrontation" and one other skill (Reflection of Feeling or Paraphrasing) you chose. Remember to answer ALL parts of the question. Remember that your answer must be no more than 2 pages long. OR Question 2: One of your clients is a Hmong, cis-gender woman who is a teacher and has presented for therapy with stress related to her work. She comes to the current session and says the following to you: The middle school students in my classroom are really challenging. They don’t pay any attention to what I say and some are downright disrespectful. I’ve taught for 10 years but somehow this year the behavior is really upsetting me. In addition, last week one of my fellow teachers was fired. We’re all really upset because we have no idea what happened. The school environment has gotten to be so toxic, and I don’t know how much support I can expect from our current principal because she’s White. With everything else that’s going on in my life right now, I’m starting to wonder if things at work are really as bad as I think they are or if I’m just more uptight and perhaps over-reacting. Part 1: Write out 2 specific questions that you feel would be important to ask your client. Part 2: For each of the skills of “Empathy” and “Discussing Identity and Culture:” a) Describe the skill and its value in using it with this particular client; AND b) Write an example of a verbal exchange between you and the client highlighting each of these counseling skills. Your response must include at least 3 responses by you and 3 responses by the client. Remember to answer ALL parts of the question. Remember that your answer must be no more than 2 pages long.