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Counselling Skills

You should aim to carry out this task on a number of occasions over a period of time
so that you can establish a sense of development and progress in your practice.

Evaluating the effectiveness of your skills in developing

a helping relationship

In this part of the programme you need to discuss how effective the use of core
counselling skills have been in developing the helping relationship that you explored in
the previous activity.

All of the skills 4 to 8 on your list play their part in developing your:

• Unconditional positive regard for the client so that they feel valued

• Genuineness so that you really seek to understand and help the client

• Empathy so that the client feels that you understand them and that you
want to help them – that you are not hiding behind a professional facade
or just going through the motions because it is part of your job.

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