The term ‘counselling’ is often used along with ‘therapy’, ‘psychotherapy’, ‘talking therapy’, ‘psychological therapy’ and ‘talking treatment’ to describe the process of meeting with a trained professional to talk about troubles and explore difficult feelings.
Counselling skills form the basis of all talking therapies.
This means intentionally helping a person feel able to talk, through listening carefully to what they are saying, paying close attention, helping them feel heard and understood.
This is the attitude of being non-judgemental, sometimes referred to as having ‘unconditional positive regard’ for another person. It is the acceptance of the other person and their feelings and experiences just as they are.
This is the skill of sensing, feeling and understanding what is really going on for the other person. It is a bit like the ability to be able to put yourself in someone else’s shoes.
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