Grimdark take: Empathy isn't supposed to do anything other than open the door to let other people's demons in. You still have to deal w/ 'emhttps://twitter.com/mulegirl/status/902325545970446336 …
I don't remember the exact methods of my mentor, but here is what I do remember:
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7. Your health must take priority. You cannot effectively help others if you are not well.
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Thank you for articulating all that; just kinda taking it in. Feels like more should know these... Mantras
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Funny, but I haven't thought explicitly about these for many years, yet I still practice them implicitly. (Though I've become a bit rusty.)
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They're the kind of good traits that you'd take with you anywhere, regardless of what you do, I'd think,
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They are protective skills. When practiced well they yield benefits. I may have simply reinforced my own behavior, but I had to LEARN them.
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Indeed. Always wonder if things like this would be beneficial to teach in school. Unsurprisingly I'd think yes.
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5. Set limits. Draw boundaries. Enforce and respect them. Help (and expect) others to respect them.
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4. Learn to turn off the counseling skills when you walk out the door. No one likes to be counseled when they did seek your services.
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3. This is a job. Your life is not your job.
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2. "Their problem is not your problem. Their life is not your life. You can help guide them, but you cannot do the work for them."
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1. Presence in the moment - be there for the client when the client is there, but not any longer than necessary.
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6. Have a counselor of your own. Things leak through and build up, and sometimes it takes someone else to see that. Pain can be gradual.
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