The impact of client-counselor learning style similarity on professional and paraprofessional counseling

The present study examines the association of client-counselor similarity in learning styles with counselor communications of regard, empathy, unconditionality and congruence. Client-counselor learning style similarity was contrasted with counselor and client social status variables, counselor years of experience, and counselor professional status, in terms of relative association with the qualities of therapeutic counselor communications.