Stay close to the client's experience
Practise reflections that deepen contact without taking over the client's process. Notice when reassurance, interpretation, or a quick question moves the session away from what is alive.
Person-centred counselling
Practise presence, empathy, and depth of contact.
Use person-centred practice scenarios to explore empathic understanding, congruence, acceptance, silence, and the quality of the therapeutic relationship.
Work with silence and pace
Some simulated clients fill silence, while others withdraw. Try holding the pause, naming what you notice, and judging whether your response makes more room or adds pressure.
Review the relational conditions
Feedback focuses on empathy, acceptance, congruence, and the moments where contact opened or narrowed. It cannot judge your full relational presence from a short simulation.
Build confidence before the next real session.
Start with a simulated client, practise the conversation, then review what you want to try next.