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TOPIC: Employees Are Working Longer Hours Counseling Script

Thank you for sharing your story. It seems you are in a difficult situation, trying to balance many responsibilities while also caring for your own well-being. My hope is that you are able to find a sustainable solution that honors both your needs and commitments. Please take good care.

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TOPIC: Employees Are Working Longer Hours Counseling Script

Thank you for sharing your story. It seems you are in a difficult situation, trying to balance many responsibilities while also caring for your own well-being. My hope is that you are able to find a sustainable solution that honors both your needs and commitments. Please take good care.

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TOPIC: Employees are working longer hours

Counseling Script

Counselor: Hi Fe! Good morning, how are you today? (Open Ended
Question)

Counselee: Good morning too. I’m just feeling sleepy and tired today.

Counselor: What makes you sleepy and get tired? (Clarification)

Counselee: Busy in many things, such as doing a lot of task in my job in


a long period of hours because I needed to finish those tasks in time.

Counselor: Oh, that’s really tiring! It seems that you are getting tired
with lot of work in longer hours. (Sharing Observation)

Counselee: You’re right, I have to stay and work with my laptop 24


hours to finish and doing my task.

Counselor: How do you feel doing such a lot of works in long period of
hours at the same time? (Open Ended Question)

Counselee: (a moment of pause) ahmmmm… these days I easily get tired


and exhausted physically, mentally as well as emotionally.

Counselor: Mnnn! If you don’t mind, would you want to tell me more
about what do you think about your experiences in working longer
hours that makes you get tired physically, mentally and emotionally?
(Focusing Question)

Counselee: Well, I can easily endure physical tiredness before because


when I take a rest my tiredness is over when I am not working longer
hours, while my mentally, emotional and tiredness is not also that easy to
vanish, because you know working longer hours without proper sleep
and not eating at the right time was really difficult for me nowadays.

Counselor: So, based on your experiences in working longer hours, it


gives you a lot of tiredness and makes you unhealthy, unmotivated and
unproductive. (Clarification) Am I right? (Validation)

Counselee: Yes, that’s right!

Counselor: I’m just wondering how can you finish task on time in longer
period of hours? (Focusing question)
Counselee: ahmmmm… If my boss needed it on time I was just really
focused even though it is really hard for me to focus during late hours.

Counselor: Have you experienced not finishing your task in the right
time? (Closed Ended Question)

Counselee: Actually, theirs one time that I got to sleep for a few minutes
in my desk and that’s the reason why I need to pass and report to my
boss late.

Counselor: So, you already experienced reporting and finishing your task
late? (Clarification)

Counselee: Yah. Indeed, because I also don’t have the time and
opportunity to sleep and take a rest at home.

Counselor: Mmmn… (nodding my head) So, you don’t have much


opportunity to take a rest at home? (Validation)

Counselee: Yah… because I am also helping my mom in taking care of


my dad and helping my siblings doing their homework.

Counselor: Based on your experiences and story about working late


hours, your experiencing physically, emotionally and mentally tiredness
makes you unhealthy, unproductive and unmotivated in doing your job.
However, every time you feel those negative impact of working late
hours. How would you handle your emotion and thinking? (Reframing))

Counselee: I just ignore it sometimes and sigh deeply and accept that I
needed to do it even if it is hard and tiring. However, I tried every way to
convince myself not to quit in my job.

Counselor: would you want to tell me how would you convince yourself
in not quitting your job? (Open ended Question)

Counselee: By thinking what are the possible effect if I will quit to my


job right away, you know like what will happen to my family and to
myself.

Counselor: Are you okay in doing that, I mean by motivating your own
self? (Reflecting)
Counselee: Of course not! Sacrificing my health, happiness in doing my
job that I really wanted to have was not that easy.

Counselor: I have noticed that you are doing everything just to be


stronger, patient and controlling yourself to be more capable and happier
in doing your job even if it is hard. Is that accurate? (Clarification)
Counselee: I think yes!
Counselor: It seems that you are trying to please yourself by sacrificing
your own health to give the right life for your family and to yourself
(Verbalizing thoughts and feelings)

Counselee: Well, that is part of my responsibilities and goal in life.

Counselor: You look like a superwoman to me, a loving daughter, a good


employee who’s trying to fix everything in order to control and be good
at it. (Feedback)
Counselee: (pause….smile) mmmm, Maybe.

Counselor: did you please yourself all the time? (Reflecting)


Counselee: No

Counselor: Do you think what happen to those employees or individual


in your job who are not capable, to pleased themselves to be braver,
patient in their job? (Reflecting)
Counselee: They left.

Counselor: How do you feel? (Open Ended Question)


Counselee: Sad, and unmotivated at the same time.

SOLUTION FOCUS BRIEF THERAPY

Counselor: If God granted your wishes regarding this issue, what will be
happening that is different? (Miracle Question)
Counselee: I would be a happy, satisfied, productive and motivated
employee in my organization.

Counselor: Have you experienced in some time being happy, satisfied,


productive and motivated? (Presuppositional Question)
Counselee: Yes, when I started my job and doing my assigned task and
finishing it at the right time, in short when I am not working longer
hours.

Counselor: What are you doing during that time? (Presuppositional


Question)
Counselee: The same what I am doing now, but still I was so
disappointed about the organization in making us working during at late
hours.

Counselor: When you rate the number of your workplace or the


organization in 100% how many percent and how many % of your
willingness to stay and to not stay in your organization? (Scaling
Question)

Counselee: Maybe, 30% not willing to stay and 70% willingness to stay
in my job.
Counselor: So, your issue is you are not happy, unsatisfied and
unmotivated, and the willingness to quit because of 30% of your
organization in implementing working longer hours. However, you still
have 70% of willingness to stay in your job and to the organization.
(Summarizing)
Counselee: That is why, I still determined and patient to continue my job.

Counselor: then what are you doing now to solve your issue?
(Presuppositional Question)

Counselee: Maybe, I have to think a way or the right process for me how
to cope up in working longer hours and proper way of handling my
health.

Counselor: Will that helps? (Close Question)


Counselee: I think, it will.

Counselor: Is there anything else that you can do aside from plans or
alternative of solution?

Counselee: Well, I have to identify my limitations and learn how to do


my task or my job and see it in way of more happier, productive and
satisfied.

REALITY THERAPY

Counselor: Can you work out that plan faithfully and accordingly?
(Commitment Question)
Counselee: I think I can work out that plan faithfully and accordingly.

Counselor: Ok, the next time we met, I will follow you up regarding that
commitment you made how you improve your issues. (Setting Follow
ups)

Counselee: Sure.

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