Regarding Basic Counseling Skills, Which of the Following Statements Is

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Multiple Choice

Regarding basic counseling skills, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) A part of being an active listener is to accept the person's message without judging it or leaping to conclusions.
• B) One of the best things you can do when offering support to another person is to give feedback by simply restating what is said.
• C) Counselors tend to wait longer before responding than do people in everyday conversations with pauses of five seconds or more not being unusual.
• D) In counseling, specific closed-questions tend to help people solve their problems more quickly.

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