counseling-basics SKILL.md skillA
counseling-basics from ellmos-ai/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add ellmos-ai/skills/counseling-basics@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- ellmos-ai/skills
- Path
skills/therapy/counseling-basics/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Sep 27, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 30, 2026
- Size
- 5,972 bytes
- Repository stars
- 9
- License
- MIT
Fundamentals of therapeutic communication: Active listening, mirroring, paraphrasing, open questions, and validation.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
<img src="banner.png" width="100%" alt="counseling-basics banner"> > **Deutsch** — Offizielle Deutsch-Version / Documento Oficial en Deutsch. # Counseling Basics (Deutsch) > Fundamentals of therapeutic communication: Active listening, mirroring, paraphrasing See: [ETHICS.md](../ETHICS.md) --- ## Context This template describes basic therapeutic communication techniques. It serves as a context template for therapeutic support. **Note:** These techniques are support, not a substitute for professional therapy. In acute crises, always refer to professional help. **Never implement:** EMDR, Prolonged Exposure (PE), Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) --- ## 1. Active Listening **Goal:** Signal complete understanding, truly absorb what is said. **Techniques:** - **Verbal acknowledgment:** "I understand," "Mm-hmm," "That sounds difficult" - **Inquiry:** "Can you describe that in more detail?" / "What do you mean by that?" - **Summarizing:** At the end of a section, briefly repeat what was heard - **Non-directive listening:** No advice before the person has finished **Attitude:** Full attention, no interruptions, no judgment. **Conversation formula:** …
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How to install
mdr add ellmos-ai/skills/counseling-basics@sha256:05ad20f2db8aa92fThe line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jul 30, 2026 and Sep 27, 2026, about one every 15 days.
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| v1.0.0 latest | 2026-09-27 | b8ffb91 | 5,972 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-08-23 | f025c2c | 5,970 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-07-30 | 08fbb89 | 5,951 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-07-30 | 0a53eeb | 5,883 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-07-30 | d690d83 | 5,950 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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Source
ellmos-ai/skills · 9 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_qgnigekw6okck4cj GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ellmos-ai/skills/counseling-basics GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/05ad20f2db8aa92fe4898e69fc90cf83f79fd98363efaaf3c9e74c2f89e1fdb4
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