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Counselling Intake After Job Loss
Counsellor (speaking English) and Client (speaking Sinhala) talk through “Counselling Intake After Job Loss”. You interpret both ways — English into Sinhala, and Sinhala into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Thanks for coming in today, Mr. Ranasinghe. I'm Sarah, your counsellor here at the community health centre. Everything you share stays confidential unless there's risk of harm.
ස්තුතියි. මගේ වෛද්යවරයා මාව මෙතනට යැව්වා. මම වුල්වර්ත් බෙදාහැරීමේ මධ්යස්ථානයේ රස්සාව නැති වුනාට පස්සේ නිතරම කරදරයක් දැනෙනවා.
I'm glad you're here. Can you tell me how your sleep and appetite have been since you lost your job?
මට හොඳට නිදාගන්න බැහැ, රාත්රියකට පැය තුනක් හතරක් විතරයි නිදාගන්නේ. කෑමටත් කැමැත්තක් නැහැ.
That sounds really difficult. Everything we discuss stays private, but if you're at risk of harming yourself, I must inform your GP.
මගේ පවුලේ අය මේක දැනගනීවිද කියලා මට බය හිතෙනවා. ඒක රහසිගතව තියෙයිද?
No, your family won't be told unless you choose to share it, or unless there's a serious safety concern. I'd like to offer you six sessions.
ස්තුතියි ඒක අහන්න. මේ සැසි සඳහා මුදල් ගෙවන්න වෙනවද? මොකද මම දැනට රස්සාවක් නැති නිසා මුදල් අඩුයි.
These sessions are bulk-billed under your GP's mental health care plan, so there's no cost to you. If you ever feel unsafe, please call Lifeline.
ඒක ලොකු සහනයක්. ඊළඟ හමුවීම කවදාද, කීයටද?
Let's meet next Thursday at 10 a.m., here at the health centre. I'll also give you Lifeline's number for after-hours support.
හොඳයි, මම ඊළඟ බ්රහස්පතින්දා උදේ දහයට එන්නම්. බොහොම ස්තුතියි ඔබේ උදව්වට.
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- mental health care plan'Mental Health Care Plan' යන යෙදුමම ඉංග්රීසියෙන් භාවිතා කරන්න, අවශ්ය නම් 'මානසික සෞඛ්ය සත්කාර සැලැස්ම' ලෙස කෙටියෙන් පැහැදිලි කළ හැක.
- lifeline"Lifeline" යන නාමයම එලෙසම පවසන්න; අවශ්ය නම් "Lifeline නම් අර්බුද සහාය සේවාව" ලෙස පැහැදිලි කරන්න.
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