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Explain the quality of ?positive regard for of effective counsellor.

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Positive regard for others reflects acceptance of the idea that the feelings of both are important. In a counselling session counsellor relationship allows freedom of expression. When we form a new relationship, we experience feelings of uncertainity and anxiety. Such feelings get minimised when a counsellor extends a positive regard to the client by accepting that it is all right to feel the way the client is feeling. In order to show positive regard to others the following guidelines may be kept in mind:

1. Respond to what the other person has said, after checking with her/him.

2. Give other person the freedom to share feelings or anything she/he wants to say. Do not interrupt or cut in between.

3. Do not assume that the other person knows what you are thinking.

4. Do not label either yourself or the other person.