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Importance to PracticeCounselling is a process to assist with achieving a change that improves a specified outcome (1). Successful counselling requires the ability to assess needs, deliver appropriate strategies in collaboration with the client that promote change in a client-centred manner, and establish a non-judgmental, supportive response throughout the change process. Ideally, counselling assists with setting priorities from which goals can be established, with goals leading to plans that