Counseling Practice

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Counseling.

It seems like an often neglected aspect of our profession but it is nonetheless a necessary one. Further taking incentive away from developing good counseling skills is the lack of explicit compensation for performing duties related to counseling in our daily interactions with patients.

As someone who isn't naturally good at counseling others with their problems, I happened to chance upon this useful tool that I'd like to share with all of you.

http://www.compassionpit.com/
(Disclaimer: I am not affiliated in any way with this site and the intent is not to advertise)

This site allows people to go on anonymously and either "vent" or "listen" to people and their problems. Lately I've been going on as a "listener" and trying to apply counseling strategies and techniques to people with a variety of different problems (it seems like many people use it for relationship problems but it's still useful practice).

Perhaps you might find it to be a useful tool to help practice and refine your counseling skills?

Support comprehensive audiology medicare coverage (Rehab/counseling included) http://takeaction.asha.org/asha2/iss...?bill=44112516

I do agree that counseling is an area we often neglect. We've been talking about this in my Adult AR class this semester. It seems like a lot of what we call "counseling" is more just information giving. My professor is very much in support of a rehabilitative approach, not just a medical approach. We need to go beyond just slapping on a hearing aid. He is actually involved in a multisite study looking to measure the benefits of an auditory training program as part of the hearing aid/rehab process.

Fantastic idea, thanks for sharing!

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Originally Posted by cmc271

support comprehensive audiology medicare coverage (rehab/counseling included) http://takeaction.asha.org/asha2/iss...?bill=44112516

+1

I do agree that counseling is an area we often neglect. We've been talking about this in my Adult AR class this semester. It seems like a lot of what we call "counseling" is more just information giving. My professor is very much in support of a rehabilitative approach, not just a medical approach. We need to go beyond just slapping on a hearing aid. He is actually involved in a multisite study looking to measure the benefits of an auditory training program as part of the hearing aid/rehab process.