Table 1.

Comparing desirable therapist qualities with components of ideal human behavior and factors that correlate with well-being (mental health)

Therapist qualities	Ideal behavior	Well-being
Hopefulness		Hopefulness
Self-confidence	Self-confidence	Confidence
	Courage	Fearlessness
Honesty	Honesty
Integrity	Sincerity	Sincere sense of responsibility and duty
	Truthfulness
Empathic	Affectionate compassionate	Affectionate
Unconditional positive regard	Respect and goodwill for others	Response to positive qualities
Non-judgmental tolerance and acceptance		Tolerance
Acknowledgement of the client's rights
Genuineness	Genuineness
Ability to monitor one's own behavior	Not allowing one's own behavior to be influenced by anger, hatred, fear, or pride	Not allowing personal reasons to interfere with good conduct

Notes: In the above table, an attempt is made to group together approximately similar components. The few empty cells mean that the literature that was scanned did not contain corresponding information. But, we can fill them up from our experience.