Talk-Therapy: Recent Episodes

Varuni Fernando

This is a Podcast for Counselors and students of psychotherapy that aims to cover all the important issues in counseling and psychotherapy. It is part of the Certificate in Counseling and Psychotherapy (Online) course offered by The Wellness Center. You can find the course here: thewellnesscenter.lk/academy/certificate-in-counseling-and-psychotherapy/

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This is a short introduction to Intervention techniques. We discuss what are generic counseling skills and how it differs from Intervention techniques. We also discuss Affect Regulation and Dysregulation and finally discuss a few Intervention techniques in counseling. 

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This episode is for counseling students. Recognizing non-verbal communication is an extremely useful and required skill for counseling. How do we interpret facial expressions and body language? What is the role of non-verbal communication in trauma counseling, and what is 'mirroring'. These are the topics discussed in this episode. 

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This episode describes what is empathy and how it differs from the concepts of validation and agreement.