scholarly journals Development and Evaluation of ClientBot: Patient-Like Conversational Agent to Train Basic Counseling Skills

10.2196/12529 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. e12529 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J Tanana ◽  
Christina S Soma ◽  
Vivek Srikumar ◽  
David C Atkins ◽  
Zac E Imel
Keyword(s):  
Counseling Skills ◽  
Conversational Agent ◽  
Basic Counseling Skills

scholarly journals Development and Evaluation of ClientBot: Patient-Like Conversational Agent to Train Basic Counseling Skills (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J Tanana ◽  
Christina S Soma ◽  
Vivek Srikumar ◽  
David C Atkins ◽  
Zac E Imel
Keyword(s):  
Control Group ◽  
Counseling Skills ◽  
Conversational Agent ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Practice Session ◽  
Immediate Feedback ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Or Practice ◽  
Specific Feedback ◽  
Basic Counseling Skills

BACKGROUND Training therapists is both expensive and time-consuming. Degree–based training can require tens of thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours of expert instruction. Counseling skills practice often involves role-plays, standardized patients, or practice with real clients. Performance–based feedback is critical for skill development and expertise, but trainee therapists often receive minimal and subjective feedback, which is distal to their skill practice. OBJECTIVE In this study, we developed and evaluated a patient-like neural conversational agent, which provides real-time feedback to trainees via chat–based interaction. METHODS The text–based conversational agent was trained on an archive of 2354 psychotherapy transcripts and provided specific feedback on the use of basic interviewing and counseling skills (ie, open questions and reflections—summary statements of what a client has said). A total of 151 nontherapists were randomized to either (1) immediate feedback on their use of open questions and reflections during practice session with ClientBot or (2) initial education and encouragement on the skills. RESULTS Participants in the ClientBot condition used 91% (21.4/11.2) more reflections during practice with feedback (P<.001) and 76% (14.1/8) more reflections after feedback was removed (P<.001) relative to the control group. The treatment group used more open questions during training but not after feedback was removed, suggesting that certain skills may not improve with performance–based feedback. Finally, after feedback was removed, the ClientBot group used 31% (32.5/24.7) more listening skills overall (P<.001). CONCLUSIONS This proof-of-concept study demonstrates that practice and feedback can improve trainee use of basic counseling skills.

Helping Beliefs Inventory: Brief Screening Measure for Training Volunteer Applicants in Counseling

1985 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 843-846 ◽  
Author(s):  
James P. McLennan
Keyword(s):  
Training Programs ◽  
Counseling Skills ◽  
Psychological Mindedness ◽  
Counseling Trainees ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Screening Measure ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Brief Screening ◽  
Basic Counseling Skills

A 10-item Helping Beliefs Inventory was constructed for use as a brief screening measure for applicants for nonprofessional training programs in basic counseling skills. Scores correlated significantly with measures of Authoritarianism, Flexibility, and Psychological Mindedness. Test-retest reliability of .74 was adequate ( n = 43). The inventory discriminated between 30 experienced counselors and 230 noncounselors and between counseling trainees of high and low skill.

An in-service basic counseling skills training program for child care counselors

1978 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Hembling ◽  
Jeanette Mossing
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Counseling Skills ◽  
Basic Counseling Skills

scholarly journals Integrating Motivational Interviewing into a Basic Counseling Skills Course to Enhance Counseling Self-Efficacy

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie H. Iarussi ◽  
Jessica M. Tyler ◽  
Sarah Littlebear ◽  
Michelle S. Hinkle
Keyword(s):  
Motivational Interviewing ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Counseling Skills ◽  
Basic Counseling Skills

A Reflecting Team Format for Learning Basic Counseling Skills

2017 ◽  
pp. 7-13
Author(s):  
Carlos M. Del Rio
Keyword(s):  
Counseling Skills ◽  
Reflecting Team ◽  
Basic Counseling Skills

Basic Counseling Skills

2012 ◽  
pp. 237-256
Author(s):  
Jane Jane
Keyword(s):  
Counseling Skills ◽  
Basic Counseling Skills

Revisiting Basic Counseling Skills With Children

2004 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Van Velsor
Keyword(s):  
Counseling Skills ◽  
Basic Counseling Skills
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