The establishment of consulting relationship mainly has the following core elements: respect, enthusiasm, sincerity, empathy and active concern. In this way, visitors will feel accepted and understood, their bad emotions can be fully vented, and their personal potential can be stimulated.

Rogers, an American psychological counselor, pointed out that the establishment of consulting relationship needs three basic factors: empathy, sincerity and consistency, and unconditional care. The establishment of psychological counseling relationship is based on equality and opposition, in order to fully mobilize the visitors' active participation consciousness.

Psychological counseling is different from doctor-patient relationship and teacher-student relationship because they are not equal. Establishing an equal and antagonistic relationship in psychological counseling can also make visitors accept the concept of "helping others and helping themselves" from the beginning.