Helping Heuristics

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Practice progressive methods for helping others, receiving help, and asking for help

• Groups of 3: two participants interacting face-to-face in the roles of client and coach plus one observer
• During four rounds the person in the role of client shares a challenge he or she is passionate about.
• While the observer pays close attention, the coach responds in a sequence of patterns that is different for each round as follows.

1. Quiet Presence
2. Guided Discovery
3. Loving Provocation
4. Process Mindfulness
   

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Editor's Note: I have attempted to link to articles on the net that offer defining essays for the above personality type responses. WHY? Purposes

• Change unwanted giving help patterns that include: premature solutions; unneeded advice; adding pressure to force use of advice; moving to next steps too quickly; trying too hard not to overhelp
• Change unwanted asking for help patterns that include: mistrusting; not sharing real problem; accepting help without ownership; looking for validation, not help; resenting not getting enough

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