Basic Counseling Skills
Eye contact Body posture Verbal behavior/listening Nonverbal behavior Paraverbal behavior Verbal behavior Congruence between content and affect Silence Minimal encouragers Key word repetition and restatement Paraphrasing Summarizing Questioning Problem solving Reflection of feeling/empathy
Advanced Counseling Skills
Advanced Counseling Skills Therapist responses to client Reflection of meaning to client Confrontation Immediacy Self-disclosure Appropriate containment of emotion in response to what client is saying/feeling
Attending Behaviors
Eye contact
Body posture
Verbal behavior/listening
Therapist observation of client
Nonverbal behavior
Paraverbal behavior
Verbal behavior
Congruence between content and affect
Therapist responses to client
Silence Minimal encouragers Key word repetition and restatement Paraphrasing Summarizing Questioning Problem solving Reflection of feeling/empathy
Advanced Counseling Skills
Therapist responses to client Reflection of meaning to client Confrontation Immediacy Self-disclosure Appropriate containment of emotion in response to what client is saying/feeling