11.___ (This was said immediately after previous response, “The interruptions are interfering with your work.”)Am I hearing you correctly?d Psy237/HO_001/1718Page 1 of 3CHAPTER 11REFLECTION OF MEANING AND INTERPRETATION/ REFRAME HELPING CLIENTS RESTORY THEIR LIVESIntroduction: Defining the Skills of Reflection of Meaning and Interpretation/ Reframe•The two closely related microskills of reflecting meaning and interpretation/reframing seek to enable clients to thinkdifferently about themselves, their feelings, and their stories.•Both interpretation/reframing and reflection of meaning seek implicit issues and meanings below the surface ofclient conversation.•Reflecting meaning is the art of encouraging clients to find new ways of examining their lives through you in-depthlistening for deeper issues and visions of the present, past, and future.•Interpretation/reframing is the art of supplying clients with new perspectives, words, and ideas that they can use tocreate new ways of thinking and feeling and ultimately to behave differently.•Both interpretation/reframe and reflection of meaning may help clients find their “center of being in the world.”•Eliciting and reflecting meaning are both skills and strategies.•Interpretations and reframes vary with theoretical orientation.•The joint term interpretation/reframe is used because both skills focus on providing a new way of thinking or a newframe of reference for the client, but the wordreframeis a gentler construct that usually comes from you here-and-now observation.•When we use interpretation/reframing, we are working primarily from the counselor’s frame of reference.•If you use reflection of meaning and interpretation/reframing skills, you cananticipatehow clients will respond.Reflection of Meaning•Eliciting meaning often precedes reflection.•Reflection of meaning as a skill looks very much like reflection of feeling or paraphrase, but the key words meaning,sense, deeper understanding, purpose, vision or some related concept will be present explicitly or implicitly.•Eliciting and reflecting meaning is an opening for the client to explore issues for which there is not a final answer butrather a deeper awareness of the possibilities of life.•Both reflecting meaning and interpretation/reframing are designed to help clients look deeper, first by carefullistening and then by helping clients examine themselves from a new perspective.•Reflecting meaning involves client direction; the interpretation/reframe implies thetherapistdirection. The counselor used ____ during the interview with Travis. Interpretation/reframing and reflection of meaning ____. "I've been able to survive AIDS now for three years and my friends have been the thing that have kept me going. Being with them and their support and smiles has been the most important thing in the world for me."Which of the following focuses most on meaning? Answer: Unlock to view answerWhich skill is most useful in working with an implicit level of speech and action? Answer: Unlock to view answer Answer: Unlock to view answer Choose the BEST method for formulating and responding to the client with an interpretation/reframe. Answer: Unlock to view answer Which of the following is most closely associated with thoughts? Answer: Unlock to view answer Which of the following is TRUE about Travis's divorce? Answer: Unlock to view answer Which of the following is an expected result when using reflection of meaning? Answer: Unlock to view answer Which of the following is NOT a predictable result when using reflection of meaning? Answer: Unlock to view answer Which of the following is most closely associated with emotions? Answer: Unlock to view answer Spiritual issues in interviewing, counseling, and therapy are often rooted in ____. Answer: Unlock to view answer Which of the following is not a question primarily oriented to meaning? Answer: Unlock to view answer Which is believed by the authors to be most central? Answer: Unlock to view answer Which of the following is TRUE about thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and meanings? Answer: Unlock to view answer Which of the following is most closely associated with values and beliefs? Answer: Unlock to view answer Reflecting meaning involves ________, while the interpretation/reframe implies ________. Answer: Unlock to view answer Which key words are MOST closely associated with probing for meaning? Answer: Unlock to view answer What, if anything, is the difference between interpretation and reframe? Answer: Unlock to view answer |