ABSTRACT
The objectives of this activity and handout include the application of a reflecting team format for the acquisition of basic counseling skills. Counseling students enrolled in current American higher education programs, including sanctioned Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP), are required to meet a level of competency regarding the acquisition and demonstration of basic counseling skills for the practice of counseling. Using a reflecting team format is useful to help counseling students to grow in self-awareness about their professional competence, and to grow in confidence while practicing these basic counseling skills. A reflecting team format also provides counseling students with an opportunity to engage in a positive conversation, where multiple perceptions of reality yield different perspectives through which they engage in counseling skills development. A reflecting team format includes all other students in the same counseling course.
