Ask The Right Question Paper
Ask.com states that open communication is a type of communication characterized by free exchange of ideas and objections without limitations of positional status. In counseling, clients are able to express their ideas openly without fear of direct/indirect consequences. Asking the right question is at the heart of effective communications and information exchange. By using the right questions in a particular situation, you can improve a whole range of communications skills: for example, you can gather better information, build stronger relationships, manage people more effectively and help others to learn too.
According to Chapter 3, at the first visit, the counselor may ask questions about a person’s life and how you 've been feeling during …show more content…
What’s meant by this is there is constantly new influx of immigrants into our culture. Approximately 10% of the population was not born here. So in the US those new immigrants bring their cultural backgrounds into the interaction in the culture (Bressert, S. (2006). I believe that it is important to communicate respectfully with people from other cultures. It is okay to ask questions, but no one wants to feel like they 're a study-subject. One shouldn’t expect someone from another culture to speak for everyone else in the culture by asking sweeping statements about people from their cultural, racial, geographical, religious or sexual-orientation …show more content…
Whether you’re Russian, Jewish, or Chinese, it’s crucial that the counselor demonstrates sensitivity to all cultural needs, and acknowledges differences in their experience and yours. A counselor can also gauge the effectiveness of their words by carefully observing the facial expression and eye contact of a client. If a counselor asks a question that the client may find embarrassing to answer, the client may lower their eyes, or their head, or look away. These gestures will tell the counselor that the client might be uncomfortable with that statement or question.
While questioning techniques can be used positively to draw out and clarify issues relevant to the counseling session, there is also the very real danger of over-using questions or using questioning techniques that can have a negative impact on the session. The wrong types of questioning techniques, at the wrong time, in the hands of an unskilled interviewer or counselor, can cause unnecessary discomfort and confusion to the
According to Chapter 3, at the first visit, the counselor may ask questions about a person’s life and how you 've been feeling during …show more content…
What’s meant by this is there is constantly new influx of immigrants into our culture. Approximately 10% of the population was not born here. So in the US those new immigrants bring their cultural backgrounds into the interaction in the culture (Bressert, S. (2006). I believe that it is important to communicate respectfully with people from other cultures. It is okay to ask questions, but no one wants to feel like they 're a study-subject. One shouldn’t expect someone from another culture to speak for everyone else in the culture by asking sweeping statements about people from their cultural, racial, geographical, religious or sexual-orientation …show more content…
Whether you’re Russian, Jewish, or Chinese, it’s crucial that the counselor demonstrates sensitivity to all cultural needs, and acknowledges differences in their experience and yours. A counselor can also gauge the effectiveness of their words by carefully observing the facial expression and eye contact of a client. If a counselor asks a question that the client may find embarrassing to answer, the client may lower their eyes, or their head, or look away. These gestures will tell the counselor that the client might be uncomfortable with that statement or question.
While questioning techniques can be used positively to draw out and clarify issues relevant to the counseling session, there is also the very real danger of over-using questions or using questioning techniques that can have a negative impact on the session. The wrong types of questioning techniques, at the wrong time, in the hands of an unskilled interviewer or counselor, can cause unnecessary discomfort and confusion to the