The purpose of this training module is to assist participants in acquiring high-level basic counseling skills. Specifically, trainees will master those skills crucial to the four Carkhuff stages of basic helping. The ultimate purpose is to help counselors involved in Manpower Programs upgrade their interpersonal human relations/basic counseling skills, and thereby to provide pertinent counseling services to program participants. Topics covered in training include: goals and outcomes of the counseling process; four stages of helping as described by Carkhuff and Egan; skills necessary to accomplish the four stages; effective attending skills; effective responding skills; and advanced empathy skills. Training methods include: lecturette, small group and dyad interaction, simulation, trainer demonstrations, exercises, and discussions. Trainees will have "hands-on" experience with the skills, as well as supervision and feedback. (Author/JLL)