giving feedback is all about letting the client know you've observed and heard them without judgment and based on that offering them objective and specific observations to help build their confidence plus you can suggest ideas for continued growth this can help the client understand themselves better when giving feedback it's useful to remember the acronym boost make your feedback balanced observed objective specific and timely for example the therapists could say I have noticed you've been late for all us three sessions this means we're having shorter sessions and less time to work together it's important that we start on time what can we do to make this happen for more free tips and resources check out the other videos in the improve your counseling skills in 60-second series and visit our counseling and psychotherapy hub