1. GROUP 6 REPORT
ENTITILED
THE COUNSELOR, THEIR QUALITIES,
ROLES, AND SKILLS
GIL, JUAN PAOLO A.
BEED A-41

2. WHAT IS A COUNSELOR?
•As a verb can mean “to give guidance to”
•As a noun it may specifically refer to a lawyer, teacher, psychologist and the like.
The term counselor has numerous meanings. Most often it is used to describe
someone who is a therapist, which could mean a licensed clinical social
worker a marriage and family counselor.

3. QUALITIES OF A GOOD COUNSELOR
An effective and competent counselor will:
1. Believe you
2. Share information about the process of counseling
and changed.
3. Fully respect your feelings, beliefs and values.
4. Acknowledge gender, culture and religious
differences
5. Encourage you to do things that you feel are
helpful in your healing journey.

4. 6. Encourage you to build relational support outside
of counseling by connecting with supportive and
respectful people and groups.
7. Offer you new skills to help you move towards
your goals.
8. Invite your feedback regarding the ways in which
counseling isn’t helpful
9. Make it easy for you to discuss any concerns you
have about counseling.
10.Not force or pressure you into doing anything
you don’t want to do.
11.Assist you in deciding when counseling is done.

5. ROLES OF A COUNSELOR
The rapport of the client and counselor is an important
factor in counseling. The counselor must:
1. Be likeable and exhibit interpersonal skills
2. Be flexible and able to meet individual needs by
providing person-specific attention.
3. Be available in multiple sessions.
4. Have something very applied and concrete to
offer.
5. Exhibit a caring attitude.

6. A counselor must attempt to facilitate a client
to solve their own problems yet demonstrate
a genuine concern and compassion for the
client’s dilemmas.
The counselor must realize that information
given to the client may take time for the client
to effectively implement into their lives
The counselor should encourage the client to
ultimately draw their own conclusions and
choose the direction they want to take it

7. BEING A GOOD COUNSELOR
This defines counseling and describes skills
in an effective counselor, including being the
following:
1. Non-judgemental
2. Having warmth
3. Genuineness
4. Discretion

9. •Counseling involves a process.
• The aim of which is to help others to help
themselves by making better choices and becoming
better choosers of options.
• The counselors repertoire of skills includes those of
forming an understanding relationship.
• In a counseling relationship the counselor and client
work together to explore every aspect of client’s
circumstances, enabling the individual to re-evaluate
his or her experiences, capabilities and potential.
• Counselors facilitate full and confidential expression
to the clients feelings without diverting other attention
to his or her feelings

10. THANK
YOU!!!
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