Thursday, September 2, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010

How to be a good counselor :
1) Judgment
A good counselor is someone who can learn not to make judgments on behalf of the person being helped. Although counsellors have their own values, these should not be imposed on the client – and the counsellor must retain the ability to listen to and accept the views of clients with other standards.
2) Patience and Acceptance
A counselor rarely needs to use his or her self control in dealing with people, even those people who are not likeable.
Learning to grow into a more complete person from the experience of life’s hard knocks can be a valuable quality in a counselor.
4) Education
Formal degrees in psychology do not necessarily make good counsellors, but a common sense approach is not sufficient. Good counsellors are willing and able to learn about themselves and other people too.
5) Social Skills
It is not enough to be considered to be a good listener. Counselors learn through training how to perceive all aspects of verbal and non-verbal communication, and deliberately improve their listening skills by using appropriate techniques during counselling.
6) Genuineness and Warmth
Effective counsellors have a genuine interest in other people. This is often referred to as respect or unconditional positive regard for the person being helped. People who do not need others in their lives may find this sort of warmth to unknown people as being problematic.
7) Discretion
Counselors must show complete discretion, never revealing what others say or do within the counselling context. Confidentiality is paramount in counseling relationships.
8) Practice, Practice, Practice
Counseling requires a lot of training, followed by much practice. A current job that will allow the possibility of a helping role could be very useful.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
ValUe of friendship....!
- Friends are treasures.” - Horace Bruns
- “My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.” - Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca
- “One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.” - Euripides
- “Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.” - George Eliot
- “The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.” - Hubert H. Humphrey
Counseling....
Counseling helps client to determine problems that they are facing, and what they need to solve the problems.......it is not easy to being a good counselor....but we need to try our best to help our client...Counselor need to respect their client.....Client have their own power to do or make a decisions......
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