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I think I will be making a tradition of complimenting every
group that does their learning session during the week. So, here it goes. Katie and Coreen I think you guys did a
wonderful job of making sure that everyone in the class was involved. I also enjoyed your scenarios, because they definitely
helped us realize that most situations call for a combination of interpersonal communication
skills and advise giving skills.
On to the next topic. The next activity we did in class was
to pick an individual we admire and write a list of traits that describe
them. When we compiled all of our
answers together, we had a very comprehensive list of about 36 items. There are so many more that we could add to
this list with just a little more brain storming and a little more time.
Allie wanted us to focus on the characteristics of a helping
relationship in our blog posts. There
are ten characteristics of a helping relationship that the book mentions. I thought that some of the key ones are that
a helping relationship is meaningful, that it has a clear structure, it
demonstrates respect for individual self-worth, and finally that a helping
relationship is designed to produce change.
Each of these is important in its own way.
I hope everyone had a great time at the retreat today. I know I did!
Brooke,
ReplyDeleteI love your idea of commenting on each week's learning sessions. I think that is a good way to provide feedback that we don't normally get to do so in class.
I find it interesting that we have completely different key characteristics for helping relationships. I think that just means we all have our own ways that we foster those helping relationships. But I do feel that every characteristic brought up in the book was important.
Joshua