PRINCIPLES OF COUNSELING

Question 1

1st PRINCIPLE OF COUNSELING

Answer 1

• Each client must be accepted as an individual and dealt with as such
• The counselor does not necessarily approve of all behavior, but still accepts the client as a person
• We don’t demoralize the client.

Question 2

2ND PRINCIPLE OF COUNSELING

Answer 2

Counseling is a permissive relationship:
That is, the individual has permission to say what they please without being reprimanded or judged.

Question 3

3rd PRINCIPLE OF COUNSELING

Answer 3

• Counseling emphasizes thinking with; not for the individual.
• We don’t make decisions for our clients.
• We do not pressure clients on their decisions.
• We only give them enlightenment.

Question 4

4TH PRINCIPLE OF COUNSELING

Answer 4

All decision-making rests with the client.

Question 5

5TH PRINCIPLE OF COUNSELING

Answer 5

Counseling is centered on the difficulties of the client.

Question 6

6TH PRINCIPLE OF COUNSELING

Answer 6

Counseling is a learning situation which eventually results in a behavioral change.

Question 7

7TH PRINCIPLE OF COUNSELING

Answer 7

Effectiveness in counseling depends largely on the readiness of the client to make changes and the therapeutic relationship with the counselor.

Question 8

8TH PRINCIPLE OF COUNSELING

Answer 8

The counseling relationship is confidential.