The first word I think about when I hear the word counselor is empathy. We all need it at some point in our lives and as counselors we will provide it to our clients. The second word is hope. I like to think that we all have hope for things to be better when we are in times of trauma but sometimes that may be hard to find. As a counselor I think we have to lend our hope to our clients or find it in others, but we must always remember it is there.