An effective counselor is someone who is open minded. As a counselor George has to keep in mind that counseling is a two way street that involves the client and him. The purpose of counseling is always the well-being of the client. It takes a cooperative effort and commitment from both parties to make it very effective (Argosy university, 2013). With George’s behavior there is no way a client will cooperate with him because he lacked the most essential part of counseling, whi