What makes a good counsellor?

Answer 1

one who listens, offers advice but doesn't tell the person what to do (they let them make their own choices). One who asks for feedback from the client and maintains a healthy, professional relationship with the client.

Answer 2

They've done extensive research on what helps a person most and what helps a person change during therapy and counseling. A great deal of client outcome (40%) is attributable to factors outside of therapy. Expectancy effects and specific therapeutic techniques each account for only 15% each of outcome. On the other hand, common factors are more significant in contributing to client improvement and account for 30% of the variance in client outcome.Common factors could be aspects a therapist or counselor may possess that encourage improvement. Common factors include warmth, attentiveness, interest, understanding, and respect. Factors such as therapist credibility, skill, empathic understanding, and affirmation of the patient, along with the ability to engage the patient, to focus on the patient's problems, and to direct the patient's attention to the affective experience were also highly related to successful treatment.

Answer 3

A good counsellor enters a room and sees the world through the eyes of the counselled and empathises but never sympathises. A good counsellor leaves a room and leaves the counselled persons worldview and feelings behind.

Answer 4

Someone who won't milk a client for years for the fee. Short term strategies adjustments are the best counseling strategies for most people.

Someone that can help a client emotional resolve issues in the office and make sure the clients follows through with action.

Therapist "did you do X"
Client "Not yet.."
Therapist "Come back when you've done so"..

Getting the client to resolve their own issues is the biggest battles therapists even goods one face. I've known a lot of people in the field. And truthfully some are sicker then clients I've had.

Answer 5

Successful counselors possess certain general personality traits:

-Self knowledge: stress management, identifying and dealing with "burn out," maintaining a work-life balance, relationship between personal feelings and professional protocols, self assessment skills.

-Interpersonal skills: patience, kindness, listening and communication skills, ability to observe and interpret body language, interpretive skills, sensitivity to diverse personalities, abilities and needs of clients.

-Organizational skills: scheduling, time management, record keeping, maintaining licenses and certification, business management (if in private practice.)

You'll need much more than a kind heart and good listening skills to succeed in counseling. Counselors keep detailed records for each client, analyze and research complex issues, problems and situations, and comply with professional and governmental regulations and requirements. Counselors may work in challenging and hazardous situations within correctional facilities or psychiatric clinics and hospitals. Networking and teamwork are important skills, as counselors often work as part of a group when assisting individuals and organizations.

Answer 6

Empathy and compassion, as well as the ability to understand social and cultural mores and the education to see and differentiate the person from his/her problems. A good counselor also knows the community well and knows where services and outside help can be obtained.

Answer 7

A good counselor is one who is well educated, has a highly devoloped sense of feeling for other people's emotions, thinks logically and methodically, has the ability to solve complex problems and express their theories and ideas in a way that is easy for other's to understand.

Answer 8

Wish I knew what you mean by councilor.In what kind of field and who with, what type of people etc.. I would say that the things that are most important are. Being patient, being relaxed, knowing things about the people you are talking to, If you are going into this you are going to meet a lot of people who can be nasty to you, you may meet drug addicts, alcy's, people who are just screwed up, people who dont conform to the normal way of life like gays, trans people etc.. All I can say is be patient and take everyone at face value and do your best to be a friend to them and respect them. Like they will respect you if you help them. Hey babe if you qualify you going to talk to me I mental lol.

Answer 9

The ability to give practical solutions and not just say how nice a person is or how valuable the patient is, but to actually give the facts and solutions of everyone´s problems.

Answer 10

Good training.
Good listening.
Not judgmental of others but accepting their worth as human beings no matter what they have done or been through.
empathy rather than sympathy
a desire to help with an awareness of the danger of using people who you help to make you feel good about helping them.