Counselling Skills...
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Active Listening Skills
Active listening and responding appropriately are two of the key skills a counsellor or therapist must apply during one-to-one counselling sessions with a client....
Attending Skills
In order to build a firm foundation in any supportive or caring client-counsellor/therapist relationship strong, clearly defined attending skills must be in evidence....
Beginning a Counselling Session
A certain air of mystery surrounds therapeutic sessions like counselling and psychotherapy. Many people believe this form of one-to-one therapy will leave them feeling...
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Of all the counselling therapies currently on offer Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT as it is also referred to, is perhaps the most widely recognised and...
How to Avoid Burnout as a Counsellor
Providing on-going counselling support to individuals experiencing emotional issues can be draining and exhaustive, if proper steps are not put into place to equip...
Humanistic Approach to Counselling
For over fifty years a humanistic approach has been used in the field of therapeutic counselling. Although behavioural and psychoanalytic forms of counselling are also...
Responding and Reflective Skills
Responding, in a counselling environment, requires that the counsellor’s attention is focused on the client’s feelings and verbal expression at all times. There are...
The Importance of Counselling Sabbaticals
Individuals who work in a counselling or caring profession can be prone to stress related issues that over time can impact on the quality of...
The Person Centered Approach to Counselling
This method of supportive therapy was developed by Carl Rogers, in the 1940s. He pioneered this non-directive approach to counselling, which...
Unconditional Positive Regard
Of all the skills a counsellor has to acquire unconditional positive regard is by far the most complex and difficult to learn. Being able to accept a client u...
Understanding Personality Theories
We all have a need to know who we are and how our personality works for us, and sometimes against us, as individuals. Coupled with our life experiences our...
