Three Pillars of Effective Counseling by Carl R Rogers
The Three Pillars of Effective Counseling are the second, and complimentary, foundational viewpoint, given equal importance in Inner Wisdom Peer Counseling to the Counselor’s Attitude. The three pillars are:
- Being congruous, or genuine, as the counselor
- Practicing complete acceptance of the counselee’s experience and unconditional regard for the counselee
- In a relationship of deep acceptance, congruousness and regard, the counselee has the innate capability to reach the kinds of insights that are transformative to ones being