{"id":5311,"date":"2011-06-20T15:03:32","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T19:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccpa.scottbuckingham.ca\/blog\/?p=611"},"modified":"2011-06-20T15:03:32","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T19:03:32","slug":"no-presents-just-your-presence-required","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ccpa-accp.ca\/fr\/no-presents-just-your-presence-required\/","title":{"rendered":"No Presents Just Your Presence Required"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been writing and thinking about how to create a sense of presence in online counselling sessions but I have not defined presence.\u00a0 I would like to explore the concept with you now.<\/p>\n

Defining presence is not easy.\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s an abstract concept.\u00a0 Not easily quantifiable.\u00a0 Yet we know when we experience it.\u00a0 I recently heard someone describe a facilitator.\u00a0 They said, \u201cthey were \u2018warm\u2019 but it was a fake \u2018warm\u2019\u201d.\u00a0 I had to laugh.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been in those courses, seminars, counselling sessions, etc. where presence was not present.\u00a0 Haven\u2019t you?<\/p>\n

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The dictionary definition of presence is \u201cthe state or fact of being present, attendance or company, immediate vicinity\u201d.\u00a0 Others (pulling from a variety of sources) define presence as availability, authenticity, engagement, connection.\u00a0 I could go all existential on you and talk about Buber\u2019s I-Thou relationships [remembering my university days] but I will refrain.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

I like this description of presence – \u201cIn presence, therapists are fully in the moment in a way that is with and for the client; the meeting of the two for the benefit of the one….Therapeutic presence involves bringing one\u2019s whole self into the encounter with the client, being completely in the moment on a multiplicity of levels, physically, emotionally, cognitively and spiritually. Therapeutic presence is being grounded in one\u2019s self, while receptively taking in the fullness of the client\u2019s in the moment experience\u201d[1]<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How can you make it happen?\u00a0 Part of the process is that \u201ctherapists listen deeply to their clients with all of their senses and perceptions. This means more than just listening to the words stated by the client, but receiving what the client is expressing between sentences and beyond words.\u201d2<\/sup><\/p>\n

Can you do this online?\u00a0 You bet.\u00a0 More on that in weeks to come!<\/p>\n

I like that phrase –\u00a0 \u201cfully in the moment in a way that is with and for the client\u201d.\u00a0 I think I will post it in my office as a reminder to myself – whether I am doing in-person or online counselling.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The opinions expressed in this post are personal<\/p>\n

Dawn Schell, MA, CCC is an affiliate with Therapy Online http:\/\/therapyonline.ca<\/a>\/<\/p>\n

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[1]<\/a>& 2<\/sup> Geller, S. M., & Greenberg, L. S. (2002). Therapeutic presence:<\/p>\n

Therapists\u2019 experience of presence in the psychotherapeutic encounter. Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies, 1,<\/em> 71- 86.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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