GROW Module 2 example Q&As

GROW Module 2 example Q&As

Coach: Good morning Latifa, how you are going today

Client: talking very fast and breathing very heavily, I am ok I think but very stressed out not sure what to do I have this marking that I need to finish for my casual teaching job which is stressing me out not sure when am going to be able to finish. I dont think I will finish it, (the client is feeling very overwhelmed).

Coach: ok you are speaking very fast, if it is ok with you lets start with a mindfulness exercise for a few minutes to centring and grounding.

Client: yes that should be good

Coach: allow your body to settle into a comfortable position.

You may close your eyes or keep them slightly open (3 seconds) allowing the spine to lift, the shoulders to soften (3 seconds).

We going to practice two minutes of mindful breathing (3 seconds).

Begin by taking a full breath in and a long breath out (3 seconds).

Allowing the breath to settle the body and settle the mind (3 seconds).

Feel your chest and stomach gently rising and falling with each breath (7 seconds).

Were now going to count a few breaths silently (2 seconds).

So on your next inhale, count silently to yourself, one (2 seconds) and as you exhale (2 seconds) one.

Now on the next breath count again (2 seconds) two, on the exhale (2 seconds) two (3 seconds). Now continue counting your breath for a few more breaths (10 seconds). If you notice the mind is wandering, just bring it gently back to the breath (2 seconds). Perhaps feeling the passage of air through the nostrils or the movement of your chest as you inhale and exhale (13 seconds). Now with one final breath and out breath, notice any sensations or feelings in the body (3 seconds). And when you're ready, gently open your eyes and return to your day (2 seconds) *ding* (20 seconds)

Ok now

Client yes

Coach: So, could you be very specific about what exactly must be done for your casual teaching?

Client: Ive got 24 students and 48 assessments that I need to mark this needs a full day to do and has to be done by next Friday.

Counsellor: could you tell me a bit about how your week is now, whats going on for you?

Client: Its a very busy week, Monday I have a staff meeting and a report for health that needs to be done & Tuesday Im outreaching for the day from another service, have clients all day, Wednesday I am teaching all day and then need to be at my son school at 3.30 pm for a teacher-parent interview, cant miss that it is the first one for this year. Thursday, I have the Management committee in the afternoon, I need to prepare my report for them regarding the service it is a full week, and I cant see myself getting this started until Thursday afternoon at the earliest and thats too late I am unsure if I would be able to finish it before Friday morning and that is cussing me stressed.

Coach: So how about we just think about all the options and ways you could possibly achieve this? These could be extreme or irrational options okay, it doesnt mean you have to use them we just want to get all the different possibilities to achieve your goal ok, start off by telling me what are the things that you could do to get this done.

Client: ok, well I suppose I do not mark the assessment that would be ideal I think, or I could ask the headteacher to extend the time to Monday which would give me the weekend to do the work. I could also ask the head teacher if she can get another teacher to teach on Wednesday and I can do the marking then. I could either cancel or postpone my management committee meeting on Thursday to do the marking.

Counsellor: Okay what else could you do?

Client: Well, I suppose I could get one of my colleagues to do the marking, but this will take a lot of time especially if they dont know the students and the unit I am teaching. I would think by the time Ive explained it to the person and shown them what to do, I probably couldve done it myself in the first place, but I dont think that will work.

Coach: how about one more option?

Client: I can consider marking at night from home in the evening but, that wouldnt be very acceptable to my family because I am already committed to teaching one night a week and I dont want that to affect the time I spend with my family.

Coach: Okay let me summarize the options you came up with back to you.

Not mark assessments.

Ask for an extension from the head teacher.

Asking someone else to teach on Wednesday gives me a chance to mark.

Asking a colleague to mark for me.

Mark at night from home

Coach: considering all those options which one looks like the most sensible for you to use?

Client: I think the best way to move forward is to ask the head teacher for an extension this would give me a chance to continue with my work and my commitments without having to change or postpone anything at my full-time job, and I can allocate the mornings on the weekend while children are playing football on Saturday to mark assessments. If I didnt finish marking on Saturday, I can then allocate a few hours on Sunday to finish. This would be the least stressful way; I think that would be the best scenario.

Coach: That sounds sufficient

Coach: So just as a contingency plan, what would happen if you were unable to mark on the weekend, what could you do

Client: Id have to do it cancel my Management committee on Thursday then and do the marking then.

Coach: So on a scale of one to ten, one being the least likely its going to happen and ten being youre absolutely going to go ahead with the action youve come up with whereabouts are you?

Client: I think about a seven

Counsellor: okay sevens are good, but what would need to happen to make it a ten, so that you would be definite?

Client: dont know really I suppose if we agreed that I could tell you when Ive done it then that would definitely make me do it because then I would know I have to do it.

Counsellor: Okay so having someone accountable, and you would like me to do that, okay thats fine

Counsellor: so you can give me a call and let me know exactly know when you need to have taken that action

Counsellor: So how do you feel about getting the report done now?

Client: Really good actually, I hadnt thought those possibilities and it all seemed too much and now it seems a lot simpler its clarified it for me, so it feels like I can do it, so thank you very much

Counsellor: Brilliant, its my pleasure okay so we better start to think about getting another date in the diary okay and you letting me know when youll be able to get in touch with me to let me know youve done that