Elizabeth and Paul discuss the core conditions for being present and supportive when clients express strong emotions such as fear, anger, or grief in helping conversations. They also explore how helping professionals can protect themselves from absorbing difficult emotions when helping clients through tough times.
Dr Oliver Jenkin's article Engaging with the emotional content of career guidance can be found at
https://indigo.careers/engaging-with-the-emotional-content-of-career-guidance/
A good explanation of Carl Rogers' Core Conditions of congruence in counselling is here
https://medium.com/achology/carl-rogers-and-the-core-conditions-of-counselling-a87167028905
An article by Charles Handy on the concept of 'Proper Selfishness is at http://spiritualityandjustice.brahmakumaris.org/images/stories/articles/SiP_Article_Proper_Selfishness.pdf
There's an article from Psychology Today on Radical Self-Care here https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/peaceful-parents-happy-kids/201401/committing-radical-self-care#:~:text=%20Committing%20to%20Radical%20Self-Care%20%201%20Nurture,to%20you.%20Do%20you%20need%20some...%20More%20
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