Psychology & Counselling
Counselling & Psychotherapy skills assessment
Counsellors help people work through life's challenges. This scorecard covers listening, therapeutic alliance, techniques, risk, ethics and self-care for counselling services and private practice.
- 10 skills to score
- 1–10 scale on every skill
- 5 starting levels
The 10 Counselling & Psychotherapy skills you can score
These are the default Counselling & Psychotherapy skills in SkillScorer. Each one is scored from 1 to 10 for every clinician, and you can edit, remove or add skills at any time.
Active Listening and Empathic Responding
Listens fully and responds with accurate empathy.
Building the Therapeutic Alliance
Creates a safe, collaborative and trusting relationship.
Goal Setting and Contracting
Agrees goals, roles and boundaries clearly with clients.
Use of Therapeutic Models and Techniques
Applies chosen approaches with skill and flexibility.
Trauma-Informed and Strengths-Based Practice
Recognises trauma and builds on client strengths.
Managing Crisis, Self-Harm and Suicide Risk
Assesses and responds to acute risk safely.
Managing Endings and Referrals
Ends therapy well and refers on appropriately.
Session Notes and Record Keeping
Keeps confidential, accurate session notes.
Ethical Practice and Professional Boundaries
Practises ethically and within competence.
Self-Care and Supervision
Maintains own wellbeing and uses supervision.
Levels included with Counselling & Psychotherapy
Counselling & Psychotherapy starts with 5 levels, which SkillScorer calls “Career Stage” for psychology & counselling, so clinicians can be grouped and compared fairly. Rename, reorder or replace them at any time.
- Student Counsellor
- Provisional Counsellor
- Counsellor
- Senior Counsellor
- Clinical Supervisor
How Counselling & Psychotherapy works in SkillScorer
Score
Each clinician in a practice is scored on the Counselling & Psychotherapy skills in the Skills Matrix: tap a cell, type a score, and it saves itself.
Compare
Rank clinicians, compare two side by side, or compare your practices against each other to see exactly where the strengths and gaps are.
Track
Scores are kept year after year, so you can see who is improving and which Counselling & Psychotherapy skills need attention. Reports also follow each senior clinician's practice.
Counselling & Psychotherapy scorecard: common questions
What skills does the Counselling & Psychotherapy scorecard include?
SkillScorer's Counselling & Psychotherapy scorecard covers 10 skills: Active Listening and Empathic Responding, Building the Therapeutic Alliance, Goal Setting and Contracting, Use of Therapeutic Models and Techniques, Trauma-Informed and Strengths-Based Practice, Managing Crisis, Self-Harm and Suicide Risk, Managing Endings and Referrals, Session Notes and Record Keeping, Ethical Practice and Professional Boundaries and Self-Care and Supervision. Each one comes with a written description of what it measures, and you can edit, rename, remove or add skills to suit your organisation.
How are clinicians scored in Counselling & Psychotherapy?
Every clinician is scored from 1 to 10 on each skill (1 = Poor, 5 = Average, 10 = Elite), one practice and year at a time. Scores autosave in the Skills Matrix, and the 18 built-in reports turn them into rankings, radar charts, skill gaps and year-on-year trends.
Which levels come with Counselling & Psychotherapy?
Counselling & Psychotherapy starts with these levels (called “Career Stage” in the app): Student Counsellor, Provisional Counsellor, Counsellor, Senior Counsellor and Clinical Supervisor. They are just a starting point, so you can rename, reorder or replace them.
Can I change the Counselling & Psychotherapy skills and wording?
Yes. The skills, levels and labels are all editable per organisation. In psychology & counselling the app talks about clinicians, practices and senior clinicians, and you can change any of those words too.
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