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You Aren’t Alone – Leveraging Master Practioners

DC 2025 You Aren’t Alone – Leveraging Master Practioners

Engaging with master practitioners is crucial for refining skills in discernment counseling. This type of counseling is unique and best learned within a supportive community.

Key Points:

Community Learning:

Discernment counseling is best mastered through consultation with experienced practitioners. The community aspect helps prevent drifting towards being too passive or overly assertive.

Pitfalls to Avoid:

Passivity: Becoming too passive can result in sessions passing by without making significant progress.
Assertiveness: Coming on too strong can be counterproductive. Balancing empathy and direction is essential.

Consultation Benefits:

Master practitioners can offer valuable insights based on their extensive experience. They can help you:

Tune your skills
Understand the nuances of discernment counseling
Avoid common pitfalls

Collaborative Development:

The protocol for discernment counseling was developed through collaborative efforts, including recording sessions and discussing cases with colleagues. Baked into doing DC well is having trusted colleagues to discuss cases.

Encouragement:

Take advantage of the opportunity to consult with master practitioners to enhance your skills and ensure effective discernment counseling practices.

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