The concept of counselling is essentially:

Counselling is a talking therapy that allows people to discuss their problems with trained professionals in a peaceful and safe ambiance.

Key Points

• The exact meaning of counselling might vary among individuals. But in general, it is the process where you talk about your issues in detail either intending to overcome the same or to explore your thoughts comprehensively. 
• The concept of counseling is essentially democratic in that the assumptions underlying its theory and practice are, first, that each individual has the right to shape his own destiny and, second, that the relatively mature and experienced members of the community are responsible for ensuring that each person's choice.

Additional Information

• Individualistic :Individualism is a common term in the counseling and psychological literature used to describe certain cultures and specific individual attributes valued in these cultures. Although counselling is individualistic but its democratic in nature.
• Humanistic: Humanistic is broad concept for Counselling, all counsellings are Humanistic in nature. But Conceptually the process of the counselling is based on the principle of Democracy.