Relating to Others
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Relating to Others
This essay will explore the ways in which I personally relate to others, the difficulty I have experienced because of this, and the barriers within myself that have made relating to others hard. I will illustrate what I have learned from my Counselling Skills Course and my motivation for wanting to help others.
All my adult life friends have come to me to discuss events, at times of crisis, confusion and frustration. Some of the subjects have been extremely intimate and private varying from, issues within their marriages and family through to questions about themselves and their reactions and behaviour to these events. I don’t invite or offer myself to individuals, they just come and I just listen. I give them the time to release their pent up thoughts, feelings and emotions. If it’s a difficult and sensitive topic, I re-assure them that I’m there and we have plenty of time. I know from their feedback that the reason they can talk to me is because they know I don’t judge them. They consider me a completely trustworthy person, who just gives them the time to talk.
I have always helped people as an adult from working in the care industry, both in hospitals and the community. My experience has varied from working with children, through to the terminally ill, the elderly, mental health patients and those with learning disabilities, I have cared for a very broad spectrum of people and gained invaluable experience both relating to them and establishing relationships with them. I have learned that we are all different and unique individuals who have to adapt to one another when communicating and relating.
When I initially started caring work, it was because I had an unhealthy need to be needed, the fact of which I was completely unaware. Later I went through an extensive counselling for a period five years after suffering a breakdown. My breakdown was due to past experiences and trauma which had never been dealt with, and this was one of the...
This essay will explore the ways in which I personally relate to others, the difficulty I have experienced because of this, and the barriers within myself that have made relating to others hard. I will illustrate what I have learned from my Counselling Skills Course and my motivation for wanting to help others.
All my adult life friends have come to me to discuss events, at times of crisis, confusion and frustration. Some of the subjects have been extremely intimate and private varying from, issues within their marriages and family through to questions about themselves and their reactions and behaviour to these events. I don’t invite or offer myself to individuals, they just come and I just listen. I give them the time to release their pent up thoughts, feelings and emotions. If it’s a difficult and sensitive topic, I re-assure them that I’m there and we have plenty of time. I know from their feedback that the reason they can talk to me is because they know I don’t judge them. They consider me a completely trustworthy person, who just gives them the time to talk.
I have always helped people as an adult from working in the care industry, both in hospitals and the community. My experience has varied from working with children, through to the terminally ill, the elderly, mental health patients and those with learning disabilities, I have cared for a very broad spectrum of people and gained invaluable experience both relating to them and establishing relationships with them. I have learned that we are all different and unique individuals who have to adapt to one another when communicating and relating.
When I initially started caring work, it was because I had an unhealthy need to be needed, the fact of which I was completely unaware. Later I went through an extensive counselling for a period five years after suffering a breakdown. My breakdown was due to past experiences and trauma which had never been dealt with, and this was one of the...