What will you learn?

• Introduction to the Counseling skills

What are the Counseling skills? Motives for using Counseling Skills, Who uses Counseling Skills? Why to use Counseling skills? What are Counseling Skills?

• Creating your mind.

Understanding your mind, Levels of mind, Empowering your mind, Creating self-talk, Creating rules, Creating perceptions, Creating explanations, Creating expectations.

• Creating your Communication and Feelings, Verbal communication, Vocal communication, Bodily communication, Your feelings and physical reactions.
• Helping as a process

The RUC Model, Stages of counseling skills, Methods of learning introductory counseling skills.

• Helping relationships

Mental processes and emotions, Communication processes and patterns, Core conditions for helping relationships.

• Improving your listening

Active listening, taking others perspective, Bodily communication skills, paraphrasing skills, reflecting feelings skills, Becoming more skilled and human, Self-help.