ABSTRACT
This chapter describes about a counselling session provided by Chris. Billy sat staring ahead of Chris. He was feeling numb. In a friendship, while one person may be talking and in need of being listened to, the other person may not want simply to listen. They may have thoughts, feelings, experiences that they also want to share with their friend. Friendship is a mutual relationship. However, the therapeutic relationship requires the therapist to be a disciplined listener, responsive to the client, offering the therapeutic conditions and putting aside personal thoughts and feelings that have nothing to do with what emerges within the therapeutic process. Friends can be good listeners, and often that is enough. Chris believed that during silences, as a person-centred therapist it was important for him to maintain his therapeutic attitude. He also believed that somehow his interior attitude made an impact, even during silence.
