Regardless of the counseling method, counselors follow general principles, such as supporting autonomy, expressing empathy, centering on the patient and engaging patients using specific skills such as reflective listening (Charles et al., 1997;Harting et al., 2004).
using a more directing style -characterized by counselors providing instruction and advice, and patients obeying, adhering and complying (Miller and Rollnick, 2013) is usually avoided.