Knowing Your Responsibilities as a Listening Helper

As a listening helper in a counseling session, you need to be very clear about your role. The three pointers below can help you avoid getting over-involved and overwhelmed:



  • If you’re in an organisation make sure you know what your company expects of you in your listening-helper role, what the limits are, and what supports are available.



  • Be clear with yourself about what you can manage in terms of your time, offering support, taking action, and containing emotion, and remember the help-seeker’s own responsibility for him- or herself.



  • In the helping relationship, be clear with the help-seeker about what you can offer and its limits.











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