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HELPING RELATIONSHIPS Unit 2 (CHARACTERISTICS OF HELPERS (Positive view…
HELPING RELATIONSHIPS
Unit 2
Definition
Helping
Encompasses all the activities we use to assist another person, whether we have therapeutic relationship or not.
Interviewing
Conversation between an interviewer and an interviewee.
counselling and psychotherapy
Professional helping services provided by trained individuals who have contracts with theirs clients to assist them in attaining their goal.
Coaching
Coaching is a powerful relationship for making important change in people’s lives.
Different Emphases
Counselling
More emphasis on the
therapeutic relationship
Coaching
A strong form of encouragement
Interviewing
More emphasis on gaining
information.
Psychotherapy
More emphasis on the pathology
and accurate diagnosis.
The Different between professional helping and friendship
Professional Helping
Assists clients to deal with their issues
The client welfare is of paramount importance.
You have a contract to help the client make specific changes on his/her life.
Friendship
Based on the assumption that we are there for each other-a two-way street
No agreement or contract for change
CHARACTERISTICS OF HELPERS
Positive view of humankind
Stable and Mentally Healthy
Good self-care skills
Intelligent and Psychologically Minded
Creative
Courageous
Structured and Unstructured Helping
Structured
Professional helper
Paraprofessional helpers
Volunteers
Unstructured
Friendship
Family
Community and general human concern
Characteristics of The Therapeutic Relationship
Maintaining a strong helper/helpee relationship.
Increasing helpee’s motivation and expectation of help
Enhancing helpee’s sense of mystery or self-efficacy.
Providing new learning experiences.
Raising emotional arousal.
Providing opportunities to practice new behaviours.