There are approximately 282 reasons why someone would want to discuss a problem without necessarily wanting to do anything about it.
Try ‘sympathy-focused’ rather than ‘solution-focused’.
Continue readingWell-formed and persuasive questions are those which open up conversation. They draw the participants together.
It is a subtle process of engagement, rather than a blunt and divisinve adversarial campaign of interrogation.
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Since when did you need to be ‘qualified’ to hep another human being. Social contact, warmth, a sense of belonging and supportive relationships are powerful healing agents.
By contrast, the systems of care that we rely on are overworked, inadequately resources and, to many people, unavailable just when they are needed most.
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