Influencing skills

1.Define influencing skills and explain how they are used to help clients change their personal constructs, behavior, coping skills, and decision making.
2.How does changing focal points work in influencing clients to change?
3.What does Ivey mean by calling confrontation a supportive challenge?
4.How is reframing used to influence clients?
5.Explain how health behavior, illness behavior, & sick role behavior relate to each level of prevention.
6.How are health behavior theories and counseling theories different?
7.Choose one health behavior theory that you feel that you would be most likely to use as a health counselor. Write what this theory is and explain why you chose this theory one paragraph or more.
8.Why is it important to obtain your health education degree (Bachelors’, Masters,’ etc.) from an accredited college or university? For example, what does it tell professionals in your field about your educational background?
9.Explain how health behavior, illness behavior, & sick role behavior relate to each level of prevention.
10.How are health behavior theories and counseling theories different?
11.Choose one health behavior theory that you feel that you would be most likely to use as a health counselor. Write what this theory is and explain why you chose this theory one paragraph or more.
12.What is the purpose of a good introduction?
13.Why would a counselor want to modulate pitch, volume, and speed intentionally during a counseling session?
14.What is verbal tracking and what are some of the common barriers to verbal tracking?
15.Describe three key elements of approachable body language.
16.What are the three-different client observational styles and two key features of each?
17.How can counselors use clients’ observational styles to facilitate more effective counseling sessions?
18.What are minimal encouragers and what is the appropriate use of verbal and nonverbal minimal encouragers?
19.How can questioning create problems when counseling clients?
20.What is the best use of forced choice questions in counseling?
21.What are the three key elements of effective paraphrases?

How is reflection of feelings similar to and different from paraphrasing?