In brief basic counseling skills

2.  Why counselling skill
 Basics of counselling
 Step to remember while using basic
counselling skills
 Qualities of a Counselor
 Attending SKILLS
 Empathy
 Observing
 Listening

3.  The counsellor must
listen
1. Listen
2. Not judge
3. Pay attention
4. Accept the client
feelings
5. Think about the client
6. Ask questions
7. Summarize
 So that the client can
1. Developed his or her
thinking
2. Feel safe and respected
3. Know you care
4. Not he/she not being
judged
5. Get the best help
possible
6. Develop his/her own
thinking
7. Hear his/her thoughts
and know his/her
understood

4.  It can be really helpful to talk to someone
you know and trust
 you may feel more comfortable confiding in
someone who’s removed from your personal
situation and is therefore more objective.
 Having a set time and space to talk may help
you to work through the issues concerning
you.

5.  Building rapport
 Ensuring trust issues and confidentiality
 Attending
 Listening
 Responding
 Showing genuineness
 Providing Empathy
 Being transparent to self (to be aware of own
emotional issues)

6.  Self aware
 Respect
 Trustworthiness
 Competence
 Suspend critical judgment
 Genuineness
 Being concern/being there
 Empathy

7.  Listening attentively
 Empathy
 Warmth
 Respect
 Confidentiality
 Being non-judgemental
 Being non-hurting
 Being non- threatening
 Being non- punishing

8. it squarely
pen posture
ean forward
ye contact
elaxed attitude

9.  Understanding the person’s
feeling/emotions /thinking process from
his/her shoes
 Not being concerned too much(sympathy)/
too less (apathy)

10. ody language
one of voice
acial expression
ye contact
ody posture

11.  Pay attention to the verbal and non verbal
expression of the client
 It involve hearing words receiving sounds
made by the client