Introduction to Helping | Origin: CS123
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Essential Helping Skills for Career Professionals --> Introduction to Helping
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I love the 3 Stage Model of Helping:
1. Exploration 2. Insight and 3. Action.
One of the key main components emphasizes LISTENING before jumping to Action or Conclusions. A Career Helper's interpersonal and communication skills are extremely important. Our initial goal is to gain a comprehensive understanding of our helpees stories while simultaneously building rapport and trust. We cannot rush the process or through the steps. We must spend sufficient time in each step.
Listening really resonated with me! SO many do NOT listen....it seems to be an increasing issue in society.
Listening is a skill that many do not understand and we are seeing it less and less to the point it is becoming a skill and not a habit.
