Counselling Microskills: Offering Affirmations
Channel: Sandra Collins
Date: 2023-05-02

The counselling microskill of offering affirmations involves providing specific, positive, genuine, and tangible feedback to the client, including highlighting motivation, successes, and strengths. The purposes of this microskill are to foreground and reinforce client strengths and competencies, to help build client self-efficacy, to foster client self-compassion, and to communicate empathy. 

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Sandra Collins, PhD
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