On what basis life skills counselling is based?

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Life skills counselling's philosophical basis is humanistic and existential - humanistic in terms of the value placed on the individual, in a sense a leap of faith about the improvability of humans; existential in terms of its emphasis on choice and on creating one's existence within the challenges presented by death, suffering, change, meaning, isolation and freedom. On top of this life skills counselling uses insights from 'cognitive-behavioural' approaches to counselling, those focusing on altering thoughts and actions, to sharpen the humanistic-existential message and provide clients with the skills they require to be more effective both now and in the future.