Qualities and Behaviors of an Effective Counselor:

Ø  Intellectual Competence

It involves searching for data to make informed decisions about choice of plan and progress of the students.

Ø  Energy

The counselors always deal with problems and it is truly a job that is likely to feel emotionally    drained and physically fatigued. The counselor should be dynamic enough to produce student confidence and willingness to work.

Ø  Flexibility 

      The counselor should not only after to one or single method of work.

Ø  Good Will

The counselor’s motives and intentions are positive and constructive rather than negative and destructive.

Ø  Self – awareness

All our feelings and thoughts influence the way we handle certain things in the counseling relationship.