“Thank you very much to all the staff, and especially to David, for helping me to see and unlock sides of myself I had not been aware of. This was truly a life-enriching experience for me and I’m very excited to go deeper, look deeper, relate deeper in a truer genuine way. I feel I have some very brilliant tools to help me in many aspects of my life and the life of others.”
V.M.
The essential qualities of an effective helper are warmth, empathy and genuineness (WEG). That is to say, regardless of the theoretical orientation of the counselor or school of techniques used, the extent to which the practitioners possessed warmth, empathy and genuineness directly corresponded with successful results. Warmth, empathy and genuineness are inherent qualities of the self. Thus effective helping is not dependent on university degrees or experience in the mental health professions.