How We Care

How We Care Ep1 Being With Emotions in Helping Conversations

Episode Summary

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.

Episode Notes

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

 If you’d like to find our more or obtain a transcript of this episode, contact Elizabeth via www.elizabethturp.co.uk  Twitter at @lizahpool or Paul at www.paulgaunt.co uk  Twitter at @paulgoodwork