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What are the insights a counselor can gain about paraphrasing, active listening, reflection, and/or reframing as a result of the demonstration of these micro-skills?

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On Micro Skills

What are Micro-Skills (MS) and why are they important in counselling? MS are those communication skills necessary for counsellors to be able to communicate, manage, guide, manipulate and design 'talk' and interaction encounters/therapy sessions with clients for the purpose of therapy, healing and positive development. 'Micro-skills' as a term is only a euphemism to the over communication skills that counsellors must learn so as to fill their roles and responsibilities in dealing with the issues and challenges that come with the diverse problems and disorders ...

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