ABSTRACT
This chapter shows example of how major counseling theories can support, enhance, and work within people therapeutic relationships. Consider areas of common problems for beginning counselors stemming from the integrative approaches author have suggested through examples. He has long been influenced by the great concepts of existentialism that see as underlying much of modern counseling. This influence in thought comes from having studied existential therapy as well as having studied just a bit of philosophy, as well as having experienced the loss of loved ones at critical ages. While encourage people to combine their therapeutic relationship skills with what they learn from the great theories of counseling and change, therapeutic relationships should remain the core of work. Most people who go into the counseling field, which is usually learned in graduate school, are quite bright. The author have often been rewarded or valued in life for problem-solving skills.
