Page 24 - PartA
P. 24
Counselling Skills
Challenging is also used to move the client on.
Key Fact
Challenging belongs in Stage 2 of Egan’s Three Stage Model.
However, at this level, it is enough to be aware of it without trying
to practise it as a skill.
How to use core counselling skills in a counselling
relationship or other helping activities
The core skills that you have learned about in the previous section can be used in
counselling or other helping activities because they help the counsellor or helper to
focus on the client and the client’s wishes and feelings. Most importantly, they are
skills that make the client feel valued.
22
