• Advising and Supporting refers to relevant skills, knowledge, attitudes, behavior, and the ability to help individuals in counseling, advising, and coaching supports. This includes but is not limited to a firm understanding of the application of counseling principles such as the Person-centered approach, Cognitive behavior theory, and other helping skills such as providing challenge, listening and attending skills, etc. These skills are needed to build rapport and develop effective interpersonal relationships.

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• Advising and Supporting skills are critical to my work because people are constantly going through one challenge or the other as they grow. As such, adults continually need and get advised (directly or indirectly) whether in academics, career, or other aspects of life. Applying this competency will enable me to provide quality advising supports based on established principles and best practices. Also, my possession of this competency allows for me to better support stakeholders (staff, colleagues, and partners) within the institutional and office environment where I am located. This is especially important for when crises arise or even during the day-to-day navigation of working within and across diverse departments and teams.  

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• Evidence 1 is a model advising and supporting case study response that I provided to help Ben, who is struggling with academic work due to anxiety and panic. In my response, I explained how Ben could be supported using the principles of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). Evidence 2 is a career advising workshop that I created to help students effectively market their soft skills on resumes or other career engagements.