Basic Helping Skills Worksheet

Being cognitvely and emotionally present with the client
Accurately sensing the client's world and communicating that understanding
self awareness, honesty and openness; being real
accepting and valuing the client as a unique and worthwhile person; nonjudgemental
Listening caefully and empathically to the client's story with undistracted attentiveness
Mirroring the clients thoughts and feelings to demonstrate active listening and encourage the client to continue speaking
repeating verbatim the main thought or feeling expressed by the client
stating in your own words the main thought or feeling expressed by the client
in your own words, a set of thoughts or feelings expressed by the client
Asking quesitons that require more than a minimal or one-word response by the client
Assisting the client to define goals and generate strategies to have a better outcome to a problem