What are some of the important principles of counselling?
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Skills of warmth, friendliness, openness and empathy are ingredients of successful counselling process. Counsellor has to listen attentively, answer question objectively, reinforce important information. Maintain dignity of individual as individual is primary concern in counselling.
Some of the important principles of counselling are:
1) Friendliness and warmth: the feeling of warmth and friendliness is a must for a counsellor to possess as it brings a kind of ease in the person being counselled. This feeling is important to build better communication.
2) Trustworthy and open-minded: a person who seeks counselling needs someone upon whom he can trust and someone who can listen to him without judging him. This is why a counsellor needs to be open-minded so that he listens to his patients with an open mind and don't judge them.