Expression of feeling.

 Expression of content

 Directive.

  Interpretation.

  Helping the client focus

 Listening for the core message of what is being communicated

Attending carefully to what is being said

 Not responding tentatively

A counsellor informing the family of the client that the client intends to commit suicide.

 A counsellor warning a client’s partner that the client is HIV-positive.

 The other three options are all correct.

A counsellor informing the parents of a 14 year-old teenager that the teenager is seeking counselling.

you like to give advice.

you have a desire to help others and have done some research on counselling as a career.

 you have personal characteristics that you think would make you a good counsellor.

 you feel that counselling would be a personally rewarding career that enhances growth in other people

  Reliable, competent

 Respectful, reasonable

  All of the other three options provided are correct

Honest, knowledgeable

 being overly analytical.

  self-absorbed and insecure.

  behaving unethically since she is preoccupied during her clients' sessions.

actively working toward expanding her self-awareness and learning to recognise her areas of prejudice and vulnerability.

 Expression of content

 Expression of feeling.

 Directive.

Self-disclosure

   introduce themselves.

  administer a psychological assessment instrument

  describe the helping process.

 use exploration skills.

Accurate empathic understanding, whereby helpers’ attitudes are more important than their knowledge

 Genuineness

Unconditional positive regard

The other three options are all correct

Empathy

Focusing

 Positive regard

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