Introduction

• ATP 6-22.1 provides a doctrinal framework for counseling subordinates.

• ATP 6-22.1 consists of two chapters:

  • Chapter 1 addresses the types of developmental counseling: event, performance, and professional growth.
  • Chapter 2 addresses counseling fundamentals supporting effective counseling:
  • Counselor qualities.
  • Counseling skills.
  • Counseling practices.
  • Accepting limitations.
  • Addressing resistance.
  • The four-stage counseling process.
  • Counseling approaches and techniques.

Based on current doctrinal changes, counseling is no longer a formally defined doctrinal term.