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 Holistic Peer Counseling System to the Counselor’s Attitude. The three pillars are:

  1. Being congruous, or genuine, as the counselor
  2. Practicing complete acceptance of the counselee’s experience and unconditional regard for the counselee
  3. 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