nondirective
Avoiding direct guidance
Nondirective describes an approach that avoids giving direct guidance or instructions, instead letting the other person lead.
Most common in therapy and counseling, where a nondirective therapist listens and reflects rather than advising: She took a nondirective approach, letting the client discover his own insights.
Also appears in education and interviewing techniques.
Tolerant of faults
- tolerantAccepting of differences
- liberalOpen to reform
- open-mindedReceptive to different ideas
- acceptingWilling to receive
accommodating · nonprescriptive · noninterventionist · unimposing · allowing · noncoercive · unintrusive · gentle
Oriented toward the served
- person-centeredEmphasizing individual needs first
- empathySharing another's emotions
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- congruenceState of agreement
nonjudgmental · facilitation · open-ended · self-exploration · self-actualization · genuineness · acceptance · understanding
Tending to enable
- student-centeredPrioritizing pupils in education
- unstructuredLacking imposed order
- exploratorySeeking to discover
- SocraticRelating to elenctic inquiry
inquiry-based · self-paced · constructivist · open-ended · guidance · mentoring · scaffolding · reflective
Noninterference in commerce
- hands-offNot directly involved
- empoweringGiving authority or confidence
- trustingInclined to believe others
- flexibleAble to bend freely
collaborative · participative · facilitative · decentralized · consensus-building
lenient
Tolerant of faults
- tolerantAccepting of differences
- liberalOpen to reform
- open-mindedReceptive to different ideas
accepting · accommodating · nonprescriptive · noninterventionist · unimposing · allowing · noncoercive · unintrusive · gentle · patient
client-centered
Oriented toward the served
- person-centeredEmphasizing individual needs first
- empathySharing another's emotions
- reflectionReturned light or thought
congruence · nonjudgmental · facilitation · open-ended · self-exploration · self-actualization · genuineness · acceptance · understanding · clarification
facilitative
Tending to enable
- student-centeredPrioritizing pupils in education
- unstructuredLacking imposed order
- exploratorySeeking to discover
Socratic · inquiry-based · self-paced · constructivist · open-ended · guidance · mentoring · scaffolding · reflective · experiential
laissez-faire
Noninterference in commerce
- hands-offNot directly involved
- empoweringGiving authority or confidence
- trustingInclined to believe others
flexible · collaborative · participative · facilitative · decentralized · consensus-building
nondirectivedirective
Formal command or instruction
controlling · authoritarian · prescriptive · commanding · dictatorial
nondirectivecognitive-behavioral
Relating thought to action
solution-focused · behavioral · instructional · confrontational · interpretive