Building Counseling Skills: Developing Self-Awareness
Presented by Rebecca Hunting Pompon
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Meet your instructor
Rebecca Hunting Pompon
Rebecca Hunting Pompon is a faculty member with the University of Delaware’s Communication Sciences and Disorders program. She holds an MA. in counseling and a PhD in speech and hearing sciences. Her research explores the impact of chronic stress and other psychosocial factors on post-stroke aphasia rehabilitation. Rebecca…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Why is Self-Awareness Important
In the first chapter of this course, Dr. Hunting Pompon begins the course by articulating the importance of clinician self-awareness in clinical practice. She then instructs participants on how to develop self-awareness through 10 self-questions, and how to examine thoughts and feelings about several practice scenarios.
2. Building Self-Awareness
In this chapter, Dr. Hunting Pompon discusses strategies for verbalizing the value of being genuine in interactions with patients. She also explores strategies for discovering how simple mindfulness exercises can increase clinician genuineness and self-awareness.
3. Panel Discussion
The final chapter of this course features a panel discussion with two practicing SLPs focusing on their experiences defining and utilizing self-awareness in their clinical practice.