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•Questioning and Probing<br />

Asking questions in a way that encourages callers to express their feelings and<br />

share in<strong>for</strong>mation about their situation. This is accomplished through asking<br />

open-ended questions and probing <strong>for</strong> more in<strong>for</strong>mation when a superficial<br />

answer is not enough.<br />

What can we learn through questions?<br />

*The general situation<br />

What did you want to talk about?<br />

*The facts<br />

What happened?<br />

* Feelings How did you feel?<br />

* Reasons What made you do that?<br />

* Specifics Please could you explain that more?<br />

*Open-ended questions are questions that require more than a one-word<br />

answer. They usually begin with words such as “How?”, “What?” or “Why?”.<br />

Probing is necessary when the counsellors needs more in<strong>for</strong>mation about a<br />

person’s feelings or situation.<br />

Following are some helpful probing phrases:<br />

“Can you tell me more about that?”<br />

“What happened after that?”<br />

“Please describe the symptoms”<br />

“Yes, Explain how you felt ”<br />

*Close-ended questions usually require one or two word answer, are helpful to<br />

clarify or confirm issues or statements that the counsellor needs specific<br />

in<strong>for</strong>mation.<br />

Example: How old is your friend? 19<br />

Is your friend with you now? Yes<br />

Are you still very afraid? Not so much…..<br />

How far away are you from the clinic? About 5 miles<br />

The counsellors use a combination of open-ended questions and some closeended<br />

questions when they need to probe about two things:<br />

1) The caller’s experiences or “story”; and<br />

2) The caller’s feelings.<br />

Callers may have trouble expressing their feelings and may need help from<br />

counsellors to verbalise them. The handout Focus on Feelings provides a list of<br />

words that counsellors can use to: 1) Help callers express their feelings; and<br />

2) Acknowledge feelings once they are expressed.<br />

Session 4 – Pg. 5

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