Peaceful Counseling

SWA 121 Direct Practice Skills | Week 2

Course Description

This course provides students with interpersonal and interviewing skills used in direct practice in the social work field. Emphasis is placed on skills relevant to diverse populations and a multicultural society. Techniques will be practiced through video recorded role-playing.

Books

Skillsetter: Students are required to purchase online access to Skillsetter through the campus bookstore. Students will receive a code and additional instructions for access are located in the course.

Week 1 Learning

Topics

• Empathy, Rapport and Attending Skills

Readings

• Review Coursework

Assignments/Assessments Due

• Lab Assignment
• Lab Reflection
• Discussion Forum

Wit the Lab Assignment 1, you watch two different videos with a client and the counselor talking. The counselor is distracted in one video and the other is a good session. You have to write about the distractions and what’s good in the session. For Lab Assignment 2, I recorded videos on attending skills and how the client is presenting and how they appear. The Lab Reflection you answer 8 different questions to assess your natural style so you can evaluate your strengths and things to work on related to your own attending skills.

Until next week,

-Elyse Y. Robinson
A counseling student at Liberty University that hopes to graduate Spring 2026 and open her private practice in Ohio and help the sexual health, military, LGBT+, and those over the age of 60 populations.