Counselling Skills

Surprisingly there is more to active listening than just waiting your turn to speak. In order to encourage positive communication with a client...

Attending requires that a counsellor’s physical and psychological attention is directed at the client throughout the counselling session. This can be...

A counselling session provides an opportunity for the client to explore their personal thoughts, feelings and emotions. It also allows the counsellor...

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is perhaps the most widely recognised form of talking therapy counselling support. It provides clients with a workable...

Humanistic counselling offers the client an opportunity to explore the whole self, instead of specific problems or issues relating to particular...

There are many ways of offering a positive response to something someone has said, that encourages the speaker to continue disclosing. In a...

This method of supportive therapy was developed by Carl Rogers, in the 1940s. He pioneered this non-directive approach to counselling, which focuses...

Unconditional Positive Regard is the total acceptance of another person, and forms a key component of the counselling skills a counsellor must...

Understanding who we are, and what makes us tick, requires a great deal of personal awareness. Accepting that our unique personality also has an...