CLASS OF BASIC HELPING SKILL

Hello everyone! I am the first year of counselling student. When I was in semester one, there are many unforgettable memories that happened in the class of Basic Helping Skill.
First time I enter the class, it was very hot because the aircorn was not opened and feel difficult to breathe. I feel afraid because I don't know who was the lecturer who teach me for Basic Helping Skill. When I see our lecturer,  my first impression of Dr Fathayah was looking friendly and smiling lecturer whom was the type of lecturer that I prefer to. Before we started the class ,Dr Fathayah want all of us to introduce ourselves and asking for our strengths. At that time, i feel nervous because i am the person who was easily to feel nervous when someone ask me to talk and present in front of the lecturer and coursemates. This is because in that time, i don't know my strength is what actually. After hearing the strengths from my coursemates, their strengths are more related to help people but for me, I said out my strength is I can playing the badminton very well. After this, Dr asked me did you think you are the best badminton player? I answer the question confidently to the lecturer. Actually, I feel unconfident when i said that my strength was no related to help people but this was my strength. In the introducing session, I know the background and the strengths from my coursemates and make friends with them.
My first impression of counselling was give direct-advicing to the client. But after i attend the class of Basic Helping Skill, when we do the counselling session, we cannot give a advice to our client but give them more choices for them to think about their problems. When I finish the class of Basic helping skill, Dr Fathayah teached us many skill in helping person in counselling session that can help us to conduct the counselling session what we can do and cannot do for the client. In that time, I just know as a caunselor, we cannot give the direct advice  to our client, we also cannot push or force the client to speak out their issues when there don't want to share with us. Besides that, caunselor must be a good listener when the counselling session is going on. During the counselling session, we must build up the relationship with the client, so that the client will believe in us and they can feel relax to share their issues to us.
I want to say a big thank you to my lecturer who teaching us the helping skill and share the experiences in counselling session an. In the other way, I also want to say thank you to my coursemates because they are the person who always help me in the individual assignment for giving me the idea and for the group assignment, my group members also help me in any difficulties in me so that I can finish my assignments before the due date to perform the good marks.
Last but not least, I will end my text by saying a big thank you to my coursemates and lecturer. Thank you very much.

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