Understanding what ‘i don’t know’ really means can be a useful counselling technique, says paul bonham
I am both a psychiatric nurse and a nurse teacher. In both roles counselling skills are essential to my professional effectiveness. 1have for some time been using a helpful technique which, as far as I am aware, has not been acknowledged in contemporary counselling literature. The technique involves being more aware of the reasons why people use the phrase ‘I don’t know'.
Nursing Standard. 9, 43, 55-55. doi: 10.7748/ns.9.43.55.s58
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