Welcome! I'm really looking forward to exploring the world of counseling with you.

Before we dive into the core concepts and build our roadmap, I'd love to get a quick sense of your background so I can make this session as useful as possible for you.

To help me tailor this session, could you tell me a bit about why you're interested in learning about counseling principles, and do you have any prior experience or training in this field?

That is very helpful to know. Since you are looking for a quick refresher, let's keep things focused, practical, and highly relevant to your studies.

To kick off our session, here is our roadmap. We will start by defining counseling and exploring the core attitudes that make a therapeutic relationship actually work.

Let's begin with the absolute basics. How would you define "counseling" in your own words, or what is the main goal of it from what you remember of your studies?