APPENDIX  3

 

Project  overheads  and  handouts

 

The following overheads were used throughout the program as visual aids and as handouts.  They were numbered to correlate with the various sessions of the program.  For example, #1.1:  Title was the first overhead shown and the first of the handouts given, and #2.1 was the first handout given during the second session.  Two exceptions to the correlation between the overheads and the handouts were:  (1) the expert responses in the responding exercises were included on the handouts in the appendix (though not on the originals, see overheads #6.3b, #6.5b, #7.4b, and #7.6b);  and (2) the same was done with the expert responses to the discrimination exercises (see overheads #1.10b, #2.7b, #3.10b, #4.5b, #5.6b, and #6.7b).

The table of contents in the following three pages was given to the participants during the seventh session, the last day, and the contents served as an outline for a review.  At the end of the last day's session, a blue colored coversheet was copied from #1.1:  Title, and the table of contents was placed at the front of the accumulated handouts as they are presented in this appendix.  The director used a heavy duty stapler and stapled each participant's collection.  The stapled collection became each man's completed workbook with much information to review as he used the helping skills in the future.

Note that overheads #4.2a-e contained the Interpersonal Check List (ICL) inventory and scoring devices.  Since the overheads were for the benefit and interpretation of the individual participants, the background for the ICL was placed in appendix 7.

 


 

 

 

Program/Handout  Table  of  Contents

 

 

Part  1:   The Foundation--Attending  Skills

 

             #1.1:  Title:   Love, Listening, Liberating:  The Art of Christian Caring

Attending Skills Set #1                                                                 Day 1

             #1.2:  Devotion #1:   Biblical Love

             #1.3:  Love, Listening, Liberating Principle

    I.  Love, Listening, and Liberating Introduction

             #1.4:  Listening Self-Knowledge

             #1.5:  Program Outline

             #1.6:  Allen Ivey's Principles

             #1.7a:  Who Has Been Heard?

             #1.7b:  What the Professionals Say about Empathy

  II.  Attending Skills Set #1:  Body Language and S-O-L-E-R

             #1.8:  Our Communication

             #1.9:  S-O-L-E-R

             #1.10a:  Assignment #1:  Attending Skills Set #1:  Body Language

             #1.10b:  Assignment #2:  Discrimination Exercise

             #1.11:  Discrimination Exercise Code

 

Attending Skills Set #2                                                                 Day 2

             #2.1:  Devotion #2:  No Greater Love

    I.  Follow-up:  Attending Skills Set #1:  Body Language

  II.  Attending Skills Set #1:  Body Language Continued

             #2.2:  Exploring Attending Skills

III.  Listening and Expectations

             #2.3a:  King Pygmalion Fashions a Dream

             #2.3b:  King Pygmalion's Dream Comes True

             #2.4:  Listening, Expectations, & Growth

IV.  Attending Skills Set #2:  Reflecting Verbal Content

             #2.5:  Reflecting Verbal Content

             #2.6:  Reflecting Verbal Content Exercise

             #2.7a:  Assignment #2:  Attending Skills Set #2:  Reflecting Verbal Content

             #2.7b:  Assignment #2:  Discrimination Exercise

 

Attending Skills Set #3                                                                 Day 3

             #3.1:  Devotion #3:  You Must Love Your Brother

    I.  Follow-up:  Attending Skills Set #2

  II.  Types of Listening

             #3.2:  Bad Listening Habits

             #3.3:  Four Kinds of Listening


 

III.  Attending Skills Set #3:  Reflecting Feelings

             #3.4:  Feeling Faces

             #3.5a-e:  Categorized Feeling Words

             #3.6:  A Continuum of Feeling Words

             #3.7:  Six Reasons that Inhibit Self-Disclosure

             #3.8:  Listening to Your Own Feelings and Emotions

             #3.9:  Responding to Others Exercise #1

             #3.10a:  Assignment #3:  Attending Skills Set #3:  Responding to Feelings

             #3.10b:  Assignment #3:  Discrimination Exercise

 

Part  2:   The  Interpersonal  Bridge  of  Self-Disclosure

 

Self-Disclosure                                                                                Day 4

             #4.1:  Devotion #4:  Give of Yourself

    I.  Follow-up:  Attending Skills Set #3

  II.  The Interpersonal Check List (ICL):  Understanding One's Interpersonal Style

             #4.2a-b:  Interpersonal Check List

             #4.2c:  Interpersonal Check List Score Sheet

             #4.2d:  Interpersonal Check List Profile Sheet--Sixteenths

             #4.2e:  Interpersonal Check List Profile Sheet--Dom/Lov

III.  The Interpersonal Bridge of Self-Disclosure

             #4.3:  Some Rules of Self-Disclosure

             #4.4:  Self-Disclosure Exercises, explain, and facilitate exercise

             #4.5a:  Assignment #4:  Self-Disclosure

             #4.5b:  Assignment #4:  Discrimination Exercise

 

Part  3:   The  Connection--Empathic  Skills  Level  1

 

The Connection--Empathic Skills Level 1                               Day 5

             #5.1:  Devotion #5:  From Where Love Came & Why We Love

    I.  Follow-up:  Self-Disclosure Assignment

  II.  An Introduction to Empathy

             #5.2a:  Scriptural Overview of Empathy

             #5.2b:  Overview of Empathy Communication

             #5.3:  Responding to Others Exercise #2

III.  Empathic Skills Level 1:  Accurate Empathy   (AE-I)

             #5.4a:  Some Prerequisite Scriptural Values of Empathy

             #5.4b:  Some Prerequisite Values of Empathy & Their Behaviors

             #5.5:  Responding to Others Exercise #3

             5.6a:  Assignment #5:  Accurate Empathy

             #5.6b:  Assignment #5:  Discrimination Exercise

 

The Connection--Empathic Skills Level 2                               Day 6

             #6.1:  Devotion #6:  If One Part Suffers, Every Part Suffers

    I.  Follow-up:  Empathic Skills Level 1:  Accurate Empathy (AE-I)


  II.  Empathic Skills Level 1:  Accurate Empathy  (AE-I)  (continued from day 5)

             #6.2:  Empathic/Non-Empathic Persons

             #6.3a:  Responding to Others Exercise #4

             #6.3b:  Expert Responses to #4 Scenario #9

III.  Empathic Skills Level 2:  Advanced Accurate Empathy  (AE-II)

             #6.4:  Empathy:  A More Clear Reflection

             #6.5a:  Responding to Others Exercise #5

             #6.5b:  Expert Responses to #5 Scenario #12

             #6.6:  Empathy Being More than a Skill & the Anti-Helper

             #6.7a:  Assignment #6:  Advanced Accurate Empathy

             #6.7b:  Assignment #6:  Discrimination Exercise

 

The Connection--Empathic Skills Level 2   Continued              Day 7

             #7.1:  Devotion #7:  LOVE:  The Most Excellent Way

    I.  Follow-up:  Empathic Skills Level 2:  Advanced Accurate Empathy (AE-II)

II.  Empathic Skills Level 2:  More on Advanced Accurate Empathy  (AE-II)  (continued from day 6)

             #7.2:  Other Kinds of Empathic Response Leads

             #7.3a:  Common Mistakes and explain

             #7.3b:  Common Mistakes Exercise

             #7.3c:  Common Mistakes Exercise Answers

             #7.4a:  Responding to Others Exercise #6

             #7.4b:  Expert Responses to #6 Scenario #15 & #16

III.  More On Advanced Accurate Empathy:  Caring Enough to be involved

             #1.4:  Listening Self-Knowledge

             #1.7b:  What the Professionals Say About Empathy

             #7.5:  Discerning Empathy from Sympathy

             #7.6a:  Responding to Others Exercise #7

             #7.6b:  Expert Responses to Scenario #17-20

IV.  The Last Frontier (Where to Go From Here)

             #7.7:  The Last Frontier and discuss

             Program Table of Contents

             #7.8:   Where to Go from Here:  Towards Wisdom and discuss

 

Postscript:   Knowing the above does not make one a "counselor" any more than knowing how to drive a nail makes one a carpenter.   Nevertheless, the above are some of the most important skills.   Mastering these in love will pave the way to rich relationships that honor God and help others.   Many other skills remain that are similar or are more advanced.   Some of these are defining goals, identifying themes, pre-problem solving, relabeling, being concrete, clarifying, personalizing, praising, humor, identifying behavior, clarifying cause and effect, setting limits, relating affect and behavior, prompting, stating confidence, summarizing, using metaphor and analogy, referring, identifying cognition, confronting, focusing, rehearsing, mutual communication, interpretation, reassuring, providing rationales, client directing, interpreting non-verbals, modeling, imagery, developing values, silence, using paradoxes, touching, advice giving, ordering communication, theoretical interpretation, reasoning, rhetorical questioning.[131]   These are combined with other skills to form a variety of helping disciplines that help persons cope and grow:   these include pastoral counseling, crisis intervention, and the many kinds of psychotherapy from Freudian to Client-centered;  from helping in crises and family difficulties to aiding in relief from destructive compulsions and bad habits.


#1.1

 

Title

 

 

         L O V E,

 

         L I S T E N I N G,

 

             L I B E R A T I N G :

 

                 T h e   A r t   o f

 

                 C h r i s t i a n   C a r i n g

 

 

"I have found the paradox that if

I love until it hurts,

Then there is no hurt, but only more love."

                   Mother Teresa of Calcutta

 

"Love does not dominate;  it cultivates."

                   Goethe

 

"Love is the only force capable of transforming

an enemy into a friend."

                   Martin Luther King

 

"Love begins when a person feels

another person's needs are

as important as his own."

                   Sullivan

 

"Greater love has no one than this, that

he lay down his life for his friends."

                   Jesus Christ


#1.2

 

Devotion  #1:   Biblical  Love

 

Romans 13:9-10  

   The commandments . . . are summed up in this one rule:  "Love your neighbor as yourself."  Love does no harm to its neighbors.  Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.   (See also Mt. 22:37-40, Gal. 5:14, and Lev. 19:18.)

 

John 15:9-13, 17

   9-13 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.  Now remain in my love.  If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.  I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.  My command is this:  Love each other as I have loved you.  Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

   17 This is my command:  Love each other.

 

1 John 2:10;  3:11, 16-18, 23

   2:10 Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble.

   11 This is the message you heard from the beginning:  We should love one another.

   16-18 This is how we know what love is:   Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.   And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.  If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?  Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.

   23 And this is his command:  to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.

 

1 John 4:7, 16, 21

   7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.  Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

   16 God is love.  Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.

   21 And he has given us this command:  Whoever loves God must also love his brother.

 

1 Corinthians 12:31, 13:1-8

   31 Eagerly desire the greater gifts.  Now I will show you the most excellent way.

   1-3 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or clanging cymbal.  If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.  If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

   4-8 Love is patient, love is kind.  It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices in the truth.  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.  Love never fails.


#1.3

 

Love,  Listening,  Liberating 

 

Principle

 

 

 

 

When you wisely love and wisely listen to a hurting person,

        you help that person carry their burden.  Your help liberates.

 

 

 

 

        LIBERATION

WISDOM       LOVE  &  LISTENING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        When  Love  and  Listening  are  divided  by  Wisdom,

 

                                                L i b e r a t i o n   results.

 

 


#1.4

 

Listening  Self-Knowledge

 

This is a listening self-knowledge test.[132]  Read each statement, then place a
"T" for "True" or an "F" for False in the blank.

 

 

 1. _____ You can't learn to listen.  Your are either good at it or not.

 

 2. _____ Listening requires very little effort, just the simple effort to relax with another.

 

 3. _____ The words listening and hearing mean the same thing.

 

 4. _____ Listening involves only your ears.

 

 5. _____ A basic "empathy question" that we might ask in a helping situation might be, "What happened in this person's childhood?" or "Why does the person do those things?"

 

 6. _____ When I can repeat what a person has said, I have listened well.

 

 7. _____ Listening is an objective process.  Your emotions do not affect your ability to listen.

 

 8. _____ In a helping situation, I tend to speak consoling words more than listen.

 

 9. _____ Good speakers are usually good listeners.

 

10. _____ When responding to feeling and meaning, one is expressing good sympathy.

 

11. _____ You listen better as you get older.

 

12. _____ To fully respond to another, we need to accurately reflect the content of another's words.

 

13. _____ Empathy means understanding another person's frame of reference.

 

14. _____ Your need to listen becomes less after you leave school.

 

15. _____ You listen primarily to get information.

 


#1.5

 

Program  Outline

 

 

Part  1:   The  Foundation--Attending  Skills

 

Attending Skills Set #1                                                                       Day  1

            Biblical Love:   Devotional #1

      I.   Love, Listening, and Liberating Introduction

      II.  Attending Skills Set #1:  Body Language and S-O-L-E-R

 

Attending Skills Set #2                                                                       Day  2

            No Greater Love:   Devotional #2

      I.   Listening and Expectations

      II.  Attending Skills Set #2:  Reflecting Verbal Content

 

Attending Skills Set #3                                                                       Day  3

            You Must Love Your Brother:   Devotional #3

      I.   Types of Listening

      II.  Attending Skills Set #3:  Reflecting Feelings

 

 

 

Part  2:   The  Interpersonal  Bridge  of  Self-Disclosure

 

Self-Disclosure                                                                                      Day  4

            Give of Yourself:   Devotional #4

      I.   The Interpersonal Check List:  Understanding One's Interpersonal Style

      II.  The Interpersonal Bridge of Self-Disclosure

 

 

 

Part  3:   The  Connection--Empathic  Skills

 

The Connection--Empathic Skills Level  1                                    Day  5

            From Where Love Came & Why We Love:   Devotional #5

      I.   An Introduction to Empathy

      II.  Empathic Skills Level 1:  Accurate Empathy  (AE-I)

 

The Connection--Empathic Skills Level  2                                    Day  6

            If One Part Suffers, Every Part Suffers:   Devotional #6

      I.   Empathic Skills Level 1:  Accurate Empathy  (AE-I)

      II.  Empathic Skills Level 2:  Advanced Accurate Empathy  (AE-II)

 

The Connection--Empathic Skills Level  2   Continued                   Day  7

            LOVE:  The Most Excellent Way:   Devotional #7

      I.   Empathic Skills Level 2:  Advanced Accurate Empathy  (AE-II)

      II.  More On Advanced Accurate Empathy

      III. The Last Frontier & Where to Go From Here


#1.6

 

Allen  Ivey's  Principles  to  Helping[133]

 

 

The  Central  Principle: 

 

        Listen, listen, listen,

                then listen some more before taking action or giving advice.

 

Other  Principles:

 

        --Helpees will talk about topics to which you are able and willing to listen. 

                However, avoid prying and rescuing.

 

        --Focus on the positive:  search for positive assets in the person and

                the person's situation.

 

        --As a helper, you can be mostly helpful if you are truly yourself. 

                Seek to define your own style of helping.

 

        --Earn trust so that you may listen effectively.

 

        --Attending and listening at times may be sufficient for effective helping

                and counseling.

 

        --If you listen first, persons are much more likely to accept your ideas,

                advice, and interpretations later.  Even better, if you listen first, many

                persons will come to useful and correct interpretations on their own.

 

        --Skill practice may result in a temporary decrease in communication. 

                However, if you work on the skills and learn them to near perfection,

                they will become a natural part of you, and you may find yourself

                a greatly improved communicator.

 


#1.7a

 

Who  Has  Been  Heard?

 

 

          Think back on a time when someone listened to you in a helpful way.  If you can, get an image of that situation and recall what you saw, heard, and felt.  As you recall that time, reflect and think on what that person did.

 

          This may help you see the power and use of listening.  Now write out the answer to the following two questions.

 

 

How did it feel to have someone listen closely? 

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

 

What specifically did the listener do which helped?

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

                                                                                         

 


#1.7b

 

What  the  Professional  Say  About  Empathy

 

The  Empathy  Professionals[134]

"The imaginative transporting of oneself into the thinking, feeling, and acting of another
and so structuring the world as he does."                             Dymond, 1949

 

"The term 'empathy' derives from the Greek word empatheia, which implies an active appreciation of another person's feeling experience."               Astin, 1967

 

"The capacity to take the role of the other and to adopt alternative perspectives vis-a-vis
with oneself."                                                                           Mead, 1934

 

"The process by which a person momentarily pretends to himself that he is another person, projects himself into the perceptual field of the other person, imaginatively puts himself in the other person's place, in order that he may get an insight into the other person's probable behavior in a given situation."                                                                                                 Coutu, 1951

 

"The ability to step into another person's shoes and to step back just as easily into one's own shoes again. . . .  It is not identification, which involves stepping into another person's shoes and then being unable or unwilling to get out of them."                                                                                  Blackman, et al, 1958

 

The  Premier  Empathy  Professional[135]

"Entering the private perceptual world of the other and becoming thoroughly at home in it.  It involves being sensitive, moment to moment, to the changing felt meanings which flow in this other person, to the fear or rage or tenderness or confusion or whatever. . . .  It includes communicating your sensing of his/her world as you look with fresh and unfrightened eyes. . . .  To be with another in this way means that for the time being you lay aside the views and values you hold for yourself in order to enter another's world without prejudice.  In some sense it means that you lay aside your self, and this can only be done by a person who is secure enough in himself that he knows he will not get lost in what may turn out to be the strange or bizarre world of the other, and can comfortably return to his own world when he wishes."                                Rogers, 1975

 

The  Christian  Professional

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our trouble, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God." 
                                                                        Paul, A.D. 56, 2 Cor. 1:3-4

 

The  Most  Sacred  Professional

"Love your neighbor as yourself."                                Jesus, 32 B.C., Mt. 19:19


#1.8

 

Our  Communication

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remember---

 

 

What we say

 

is not nearly as important

 

as how we say it!

 

 

 


#1.9

 

Egan's  S-O-L-E-R[136]

 

 

Egan says that most persons will

 

"read cues that indicate the quality of your presence with them."

 

S-O-L-E-R  means: S quare

                                 O pen

                                  L ean

                                   E ye

                                    R elax

 

S  =  Squarely face the person your helping

                                (do not turn away)

 

O  =  Open your posture

                                (do not cross your arms or be smug)

 

L  =  Lean toward the person

                                (do not be lazy, but exhibit attention)

 

E  =  Eye to eye the person

                                (do not stare at the wall or into space)

 

R  =  Relax and be natural and comfortable  

                                (do not be fidgety or exhibit nervousness)

 

Some questions to ask if you are attending are:

 

--What are my attitudes toward this person?

--How would I rate the quality of my presence?

--To what degree does my nonverbal behavior indicate a willingness to work with this person?

--What attitudes am I expressing in my nonverbal behavior?

--What attitudes am I expressing in my verbal behavior?

--In what ways am I distracted from giving my full attention?

 

 

Remember:   when love and listening are divided by wisdom, liberation results.  Part of the "wisdom" will be knowing how to attend and to what degree you need to attend.


#1.10a

 

Assignment  #1:   Attending  Skills  Set 1:

 

Body  Language

 

During this week, observe the body language of those around you in your job, recreation, or living quarters.  As you observe them, record your observations in answering the questions below.  You should use more than one person for each question.  Do not use personal names.

 

Example of poor attending:  I saw these two brothers talking.  One was clearly excited.  But the other was saying, "Ok, ok, that's great," but he just continued to look down and away.  His body language was clearly revealing that he was anxious to leave.  His mind was on something else.

 

Others:  Observations/Interactions

1.  How did this person exhibit good S-O-L-E-R[137] attending skills:

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

2.  What posture/actions did this person do to show poor attending skills: _________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

Yourself:  Observations/Interactions

1.  Describe one time this week where you intentionally practiced
S-O-L-E-R: _____________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

2.  Describe one time this week where you attended poorly:

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

 

Have a good week -- Remember:  Liberation is the result of love & listening divided by wisdom


#1.10b

 

Assignment  #1:   Discrimination  Exercise[138]

 

 

Read the quotes and responses below.  Read and think about all of the responses before answering.  Look at #1.11:  Discrimination Exercise Code.  "4" means very effective and "1" means very ineffective.  Place a "1" at the worst response and a "4" at the best response, then a 3 at the next best and a 2 at the next to the last.  Under each section, each response should have a number, and no two responses should have the same number.

 

 

 

Quote  1:   "I don't know if I'm right or wrong, feeling the way I do.  But I find myself withdrawing from people.  I don't seem to socialize and play their stupid little games anymore."

 

(2)_____       1.  "You're going to have to work hard at getting them to accept you."

(3)_____       2.  "You're really down because they won't let you be yourself."

(1)_____       3.  "Friendships like this are precarious at best."

(4)_____       4.  "You're really feeling low because you can't be yourself and you want to be yourself."

 

Quote  2:   "Sometimes I question my adequacy in raising three boys, especially the baby.  Well, I call him the baby because he's the last.  I can't have any more so I know I kept him a baby longer than the others.  He won't let anyone else do things for him.  Only Mommy!"

 

(3)_____       1.  "You feel concerned because your son is so demanding."

(2)_____       2.  "You are going to have to involve him in situations where he can develop some independence."

(1)_____       3.  "Could you tell me . . . have you talked with your husband about this?

(4)_____       4.  "You're really upset with yourself because you haven't been able to cut the cord and you want to be able to do what's best."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have a good week -- Remember:  Liberation is the result of love & listening divided by wisdom


#1.11

 

Discrimination  Exercise  Code[139]

 

 

4 -- Very Effective          It is an accurate response to both where the helpee is and where he/she wants to be ("You feel ___?___ because you really want to make the right decision . . ."):   providing understanding of content and feeling as well a direction towards a clearer content, deeper feeling, and/or a more substantial direction.

 

 

3 -- Minimally Effective It communicates an accurate understanding of where the helpee is in terms of both content and feeling expressed.  It communicates understanding but does not go beyond this understanding to provide direction:   providing understanding of basic content and feeling, but no meaning and no direction.

 

 

2 -- Ineffective                It is directly related to what the helpee said, but it does not respond to the feelings expressed by the helpee:   providing understanding of content only, but no understanding of feeling, meaning and may only provide vague direction that is rather insensitive.

 

 

1 -- Very Ineffective       Provides no understanding of content, feeling, or meaning, as well as providing no direction.

 

 

 


#2.1

 

Devotion  #2:

 

No  Greater  Love

 

John 15:9-13, 17

 

                         As the Father has loved me,                                       9

                                so have I loved you.

                                        Now remain in my love.

 

                         If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love,                 10

                                just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and

                                remain in his love. 

                         I have told you this so that my joy may be in you

                                and that your joy may be complete. 

 

                         My command is this:                                                                   12

                                Love each other as I have loved you. 

 

                         Greater love has no one than this,                            13

                                that he lay down his life for his friends.

 

                         This is my command:  Love each other.                     17

 

 

1 John 3:16-18

 

                         This is how we know what love is:                            16

 

                                Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.

 

                         And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. 17

                                If anyone has material possessions

                                and sees his brother in need

                                but has no pity on him,

                                how can the love of God be in him? 

 

                         Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue   18

                                but with actions and in truth.


#2.2

 

Exploring  Attending  Skills[140]

 

1.  Describe yourself: _______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

 

3.  Are you sitting in a way that helps you learn? _______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

 

2.  From that description, what conclusions could you draw about yourself? _______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

 

4.  What could you change so that you would be better able to learn?

_______________________________________________________

 

 

Good attending moves quickly beyond the physical observations and what these may indicate.  All in all, the helper is dependent upon the helpee's communications.  At the early stages of a helping relationship, the helper needs some basic information.

 

Moving beyond:    We must respond to the content of a person's troubling circumstance.    The next step is to listen to the content.   We focus by asking the 5WH questions.[141]

 

                5WH ==  Who?   What?   When?   Where?  Why?   How

 

Warning:   if these come across as interrogations or prissy curiosities, the helping process ceases and the helper becomes viewed as an impersonal space invader.  We do not listen to solve the problem for the hurting person.  5WH are not asked to solve problems, but to gain understanding and to learn how to communicate understanding (and later move onto to communicate empathy‑‑the essence of a loving relationship).

 

Remember:   When Love and Listening are divided by Wisdom, Liberation results.  Part of the "wisdom" will be knowing how to attend and to what degree you need to attend.


#2.3a

 

King  Pygmalion  Fashions  a  Dream

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


#2.3b

 

King  Pygmalion's  Dream  Comes  True

 

 

 

 

 


#2.4

 

Listening, Expectations, & Growth

 

 

Beyond  Our  Need  to  Express  Love,  Why  Do  We  listen?  

 

                We  Listen  to  Help  People  Grow! ! !  

 

                                In  What  Areas  of  Life  Can  We  Grow?

 

 

I.  In  the  Body  of  Christ!

 

        Paul wrote a lengthy passage and told us that we make up the body of Christ:  1 Corinthians 12:12-31.  We must work together.  What is the hand without the foot, the eye without the hand?  To work with someone, you have to listen and know them.

 

Growth, then, can be in seeing our need and in our ability to work with others in Christ.

 

 

 

II.  In  the  Seven  Dimensions  of  Life!

 

1.  Spiritual growth in relation to and love for God

2.  Social growth through enlivening our relationships

3.  Inner growth through enlivening our mind

4.  Growth in relation to organizations

5.  Growth in responsibility towards our work, rest, and play

6.  Physical growth through maintaining and revitalizing our body

7.  Environmental growth through our stewardship of natural resources[142]

 

Growth, then, can be in our ability to balance the many dimensions of life.

 

 

 

III.  In  Use  of  the  Six  Helping  Principles!

 

1.  When a person hurts at least some of the difficulty resides in him or herself

2.  Helping proceeds through understanding first, not by agreement or disagreement

3.  Helping usually proceeds to help a person help him or herself, not doing for them

4.  Helping involves clarification on ethical issues, not coercion toward dogma

5.  Helping involves real and true respect, not proceeding through use of a bag of tricks

6.  The occasions for helping are opportunities for growth for the helper and helpee[143]

 

Growth, then, can be in our ability to help and respect others more effectively.

 


#2.5

 

Reflecting  Verbal  Content[144]

 

Immediately providing advice or condemning or denying the severity of someone's problems or pain does not help.  To liberate a hurting person, one has to stay out of the hurting person's way long enough so that you can see how the hurting person sees and defines his or her pain.  The best way to stay out of the way is through the open invitation to talk.

 

Open/Closed Questions

     Open:      Could you tell me a little bit about your _________?   (pain, trouble, struggle, etc.)

     How are things with your family, wife, ___________?   (child, wife, boss, etc.)

 

     Closed:   Are you married?   Do you get along with you family, wife, ____________?

 

With the open question, "Could," "How," "What" empower a person to talk.  With closed questions, the "yes" or "no" ("fine/OK/etc.") limits conversation;  use the closed question sparingly and only to get basic or background information.

 

Minimal Encouragers: 

     Non-verbal minimal encouragers:  culturally appropriate eye contact, leaning forward in
     interest, use of open gestures (S-O-L-E-R)

 

               1.  "Oh?"  "Then?"  "And?"  "Umm-hummmm."  "Uh-huh."         4.  Silence

               2.  The repetition of one or two key words.                    5.  "Tell me more."

               3.  Simple restatement of the exact same words of the person's last statement.

 

Paraphrasing:  

     The focus is still on the hurting person's view and expression.  When you paraphrase,
     you restate what the person is saying in your own words.

 

Example:   "I have had a terrible time with Bob.  Since he got promoted he seems to have gotten the big head.  He keeps telling me what to do.  In fact, yesterday, he said I wasn't doing good and that if I didn't improve, he'd fire me.

 

Minimal encourager:  "Fire you?!"  "Oh, man."  ("Telling you what to do?"

Paraphrase: 

 

Example:   "Richard, you're saying he's giving you hell and might fire you!"  The minimal encourager leads him to elaborate in more detail.  The paraphrase gives feedback and lets him know you heard what was said.

Do note:   These are invitations and not pushy questions!

 

Reflecting  Verbal Content:  

 

Formula:   for reflection of content    You seem to be saying  (insert abbreviated version).

                                                      You mean that  (insert abbreviated version).

 

Remember:   When Love and Listening are divided by Wisdom, Liberation results.  Part of the "wisdom" will be knowing how to tell the obvious from the actual "content" of a message.


#2.6

 

Reflecting Verbal Content Exercise[145]

 

 

Discriminating Paraphrasing Versus Parroting Exercise:  After each quote, place an "X" beside the accurate response.  When you are finished, discuss this with your partner.

 

1.  "I'm stuck.  My boss refused to let me do the new project my way.  I didn't check until I'd done 40 hours of work and now I've got to redo the whole thing by Monday morning."

          Responses:

a.  "You're saying that you're stuck because your boss refused to let you do the project your way and now you've got to redo the whole thing by Monday morning."

                   ______ Parrot       _____ Paraphrase

b.  "You're saying that you have to invest all that effort again."

                   ______ Parrot       _____ Paraphrase

c.  "You're saying that you didn't check in time and now you're in a tight spot."

                   ______ Parrot       _____ Paraphrase

 

2.  "Thanks for all the you've done for me this semester.  I was pretty mixed up when I got here, but now I really feel I've got it together.  I'm passing all my courses for the first time."

          Responses:

a.  You're saying you're succeeding academically and I made a difference."

                   ______ Parrot       _____ Paraphrase

b.  "You're saying that you appreciate my help this semester.  You've gotten it together and you are passing all your courses."

                   ______ Parrot       _____ Paraphrase

c.  "You're saying you feel pleased with the effect my assistance has made on your schoolwork."

                   ______ Parrot       _____ Paraphrase

 

Reflecting Verbal Content Exercise:  chose the first talker and first listener.  The first talker chose a topic (like an interaction with a person) and talk on the topic for a few minutes.  The other person should listen and use "open questions," "minimal encouragers," and "paraphrases."  Fill out the following.  Then switch.

Speaker #1 topic:___________________      Speaker #2 Topic:________________________

Listener #1 reflected with the following:                Listener #2 reflected with the following:

Open Question:_____________________      Open Question:__________________________

_________________________________          _______________________________________

Paraphrase:_______________________          Paraphrase:_____________________________

________________________________          _______________________________________

Minimal Encourager:_______________        Minimal Encourager:_____________________


#2.7a

 

Assignment  #2:   Attending  Skills  Set  #2:

 

Reflecting  Verbal  Content

 

During this week, try to look for the attending skills of reflecting verbal content in those around you in your job, recreation, or living quarters.  As you observe them, record your observations in answering the questions below.  You should use more than one person for each question.  Do not use personal names.

 

Example of good attending:  These two brothers were talking about being in the field force.  One was clearly angry.  The listener was nodding his head and saying, "Ah-huh . . . Um-ummm."  A Pause.  The listener then asked, "You're telling me that they seem to push you all pretty hard out there."

 

Others:  Observations/Interactions

1.  In what way did this person exhibit good reflection of content skills (open question, minimal encourager, paraphrase):________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

2.  Describe one example of poor reflection of content skills (closed questions, judgments):

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

 

Yourself:  Observations/Interactions

1.  Describe one time this week where you used good reflection of content with an open question, a minimal encourager, or paraphrase:_____________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

2.  If you can, describe one time this week where you used poor reflection of content:____________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Have a good week -- Remember:  Liberation is the result of love & listening divided by wisdom


#2.7b

 

Assignment  #2:   Discrimination  Exercise[146]

 

 

Read the quotes and responses below.  Read and think about all of the responses before answering.  Look at #1.11:  Discrimination Exercise Code.  "4" means very effective and "1" means very ineffective.  Place a "1" at the worst response and a "4" at the best response, then a "3" at the next best and a "2" at the next to the last.  Under each section, each response should have a number, and no two responses should have the same number.

 

Quote  3:   "Damn those people!  Who do they think they are?  I just can't stand interacting with them anymore.  What a bunch of phonies!"

 

(4)_____       1.  "You're furious with yourself because you aren't able to handle them and you know you should."

(1)_____       2.  "Why do you feel these people are phony?  What do they say to you?"

(2)_____       4.  "You're going to have to learn to assert yourself with these phonies."

(3)_____       5.  "You're angry because they're so phony."

 

Quote  4:   "I get so frustrated and furious with my daughter.  I just don't know what to do with her.  She's so bright and sensitive, but damn, she has some characteristics that make me so on edge.  I can't handle it sometimes."

 

(1)_____       1.  "Daughters are something else, aren't they?"

(2)_____       2.  "Why don't you try giving your daughter some very precise limitations.  Tell her what you expect from her and what you don't expect from her.  No excuses!"

(3)_____       3.  "She makes you very angry because she isn't living up to her potential."

(4)_____       4.  "You're really upset because you can't seem to be able to get her mobilized and you really want to."

 

Quote  5:   "I finally found some people I can really get along with.  There is no pretentiousness about them at all.  They're real and they understand me.  I can be myself with them."

 

(3)_____       1.  "That's a really good feeling to be with people who care about you."

(1)_____       2.  "Why do you think these people accept you?"

(4)_____       3.  "You're really happy because you can be yourself."

(2)_____       4.  "Now that you have found these people who enjoy you and whom you enjoy, make sure you don't do anything to mess it all up."

 

Have a good week -- Remember:  Liberation is the result of love & listening divided by wisdom


#3.1

 

Devotion  #3:

You  Must  Love  Your  Brother

 

1  John  4:21

 

He has given us this command: 

 

whoever loves God

 

must also

 

love his brother.

 

 

                Getting to know your brothers and sisters is one sure way to grow in your love.  The only way to truly get to know your brothers is to spend time with them, listening to their joys and struggles.  The only way to truly get to know anyone is to spend time with them and to listen intently to their struggles of heart and soul.

 

 

                As you listen closely to them, you will hear the deep flowing rivers within the soul of your loved one.  You will then learn how to more wisely pray for them as well as how to be a better friend.

 


#3.2

 

Ten  Most  Practiced

 

Nonproductive  Listening  Habits[147]

 

1.  Lack of Interest in the Subject:   G.K. Chesterton once said, "There are no uninteresting subjects.  There are only uninterested people."  Those with the widest interests are the most interesting people, the best listeners, and the most successful listeners.  80% of the time you can find value in any conversation.

 

2.  Becoming so Preoccupied with the Package that You Miss the Content:   good listeners notice but go beyond speech, accent, dress, grammar;  speaking style, monotone or excited, playing with objects, wearing unattractive attire.

 

3.  Interrupting the Speaker:   drawing premature conclusions distracts or distorts and slows communication.  Effective listeners, "Hold their fire" until they have heard the whole message.

 

4.  Focusing on Details and Missing the Point:   like "Dragnet's" Sergeant Friday, these folks listen only to the facts.  Effective listeners identify the concepts, the hub of the wheel, and the deeper meaning.

 

5.  Forcing Everything into a Preconceived Outline:   imposing your own organizational pattern on a message.  Effective listeners hear how things are, not how they wish them to be.

 

6.  Demonstrating an Inactive Body State:   a lack of attending skills turns speakers off (no S-O-L-E-R).

 

7.  Creating or Tolerating Distractions:   find the area in a room where there are the fewest distractions and make the speaker the most visible.  Do you allow anything to divert conversation?

 

8.  Tuning Out Difficult Material:   exercising the mind and work on weak areas.  One does not have to know all of the words of a sentence in order to pick up the meaning.

 

9.  Letting Emotions Block the Message:   sometimes nonverbal messages send a louder message than do the verbal messages, especially with messages that challenge or contradict our own values and beliefs.

 

10.  Daydreaming:   by concentration and exercise, one can learn from a speaker even more than the speaker intended.  Over 700,000 nonverbal cues can be observed.  People generally speak at about 150 words a minutes, yet the average adult can listen and comprehend about 282 words a minutes.


#3.3

 

Four Kinds of Listening & Reflecting Feelings

 

 

Four  Kinds  of  Listening[148]

 

Discriminative  Listening:   having the capacity to distinguish the excellent, the appropriate, or the true.  We do this when we go places to learn something special, new, or unusual. 

The Strategy for discriminating listening:  concentrate on main ideas, the speaker's pattern/organization, be aware of feedback, and consciously formulate questions to clarify.

 

Evaluative  Listening:   having the capacity to determine the value of a speaker's persuasion or influence on us.  A speaker is attempting to gain our attention, win our influence, sell us something, or win us over--so we evaluate the speaker's affect on our feelings. 

The Strategy for evaluative listening:  immediately appraise the evidence, delay analysis of the evidence, increase your knowledge in the specific area, recognize the strategy of the persuader, identify common fallacies (always has, always will) and propaganda techniques, identify any changes in belief or attitude.

 

Appreciative  Listening:   having the capacity to hear for pleasure, admiration, to hear with the agenda to appreciate or give esteem to the song, music, speaker, or person speaking.  We listen in this way to improve the human being that we are.

The Strategy for appreciative listening:  expend the effort to listen closely, set aside time to listen and adopt a physically and mentally receptive attitude, identify the leisure time listening we like the most, and explore new listening pleasures.

 

Empathic  Listening:   having the capacity to understand intimately the feelings, thoughts, and motives of another.  It is the capacity to get inside the skin of another person and see the world as they do.  We seek to feel what the other is feeling.

The Strategy for empathic listening:  avoid judgment ("I like that," "that was a waste of time," "was boring"), give the speaker time, and focus on the speaker.

 

NOTE:       First three kinds of listening--intrinsic--we listen to grow or profit personally.
          Empathic listening is extrinsic--we listen so that the other person may grow.

 

Reflecting  Feelings:  

 

Formulas: for self-disclosure      I feel    (insert feeling word)    because    (insert experience)   .

                for reflection of feeling     You seem to feel (insert feeling word) because (insert experience).

 

Use #3.4:  Feeling Faces and #3.5a-e:  Feeling Words as aids in finding the best word.

 

Remember:   When Love and Listening are divided by Wisdom, Liberation results.  Part of the "wisdom" will be knowing how to hear the obvious and not so obvious feelings.


#3.4

 

Feeling  Faces

 

 

 


#3.5a

 

Categorized  Feeling  Words

 

 


#3.5b

 

Categorized  Feeling  Words

 

 


#3.5c

 

Categorized  Feeling  Words

 

 


#3.5d

 

Categorized  Feeling  Words

 

 


#3.5e

 

Categorized  Feeling  Words

 

 


#3.6

 

A  Continuum  of  Feeling  Words

 

 

Level
of
             Category of Feeling[149]
Intensity                   Happy        Sad            Angry       Scared        Confused   Strong                      Weakness
                      Excited        Hopeless     Furious       Fearful        Bewildered     Potent         Overwhelmed
_High          Elated          Depressed   Seething     Afraid         Trapped          Super          Impotent
                      Overjoyed   Devastated  Enraged      Threatened Troubled         Powerful     Vulnerable
                      _________ _________ _________ _________ _________     _________ _________
                      _________ _________ _________ _________ _________     _________ _________
                     
_Medium     Cheerful     Upset           Agitated      Edgy            Disorganized  Energetic    Incapable
                      Up               Distressed  Frustrated  Insecure     Mixed-Up        Confident    Helpless
                      Good            Sorry          Irritated      Uneasy        Awkward        Capable       Insecure
                      _________ _________ _________ _________ _________     _________ _________
                      _________ _________ _________ _________ _________     _________ _________
                     
_Low          Glad            Down           Uptight        Timid          Bothered        Sure            Shaky
                      Content       Low             Dismayed    Unsure        Uncomfortable                   Secure                      Unsure
                      Satisfied     Bad             Annoyed      Nervous      Undecided       Solid           Bored
                      _________ _________ _________ _________ _________     _________ _________
                      _________ _________ _________ _________ _________     _________ _________

   Hint:  The intensity of any feeling word actually depends upon the person with whom it is used.

 

Responding

We respond with our body, our energy, our eyes, our words, and our feelings.

When we respond, we respond to        Content---        the words of the person

                                                          Feelings---       the feelings of the person

When we respond to meaning,            Meaning---        the deep value-rich meanings/feelings
    we show the person that have captured both the content and feelings of their struggle.

 

Formulas: for self-disclosure      I feel    (insert feeling word)    because    (insert experience)   .

                for reflection of feeling     You seem to feel (insert feeling word) because (insert experience).

 

        When a person is hated and despised, that person usually hates and despises in return.  Even the best of us have trouble remaining positive in negative circumstances.  Even in the worst circumstances, the person who remains strong usually does so because of the nurture of the loving relationships in his or her past.  Yet when is person is respected and loved, they receive affirmation and strength.  Listening is the key to showing respect and love.  So each time we wisely love and listen in respect, we liberate‑‑to some extent we liberate that person or help share that person's burden.

Remember:  Liberation is the result of love & listening divided by wisdom


#3.7

 

Six  Reasons  that  Inhibit  Self-Disclosure[150]

 

 

1.  The Flight from Self-Knowledge.   Inevitably, the individual is his own severest judge.  Self-disclosure is one of the principal ways of communicating not only with others but also with oneself.  Self-disclosure crystallizes aspects of the self that a person would rather live with silently‑‑however painful the living‑‑than face.

 

2.  The Fear of Intimacy.   Deep self-disclosure brings some degree of intimacy.  Even though some have the courage to let others see the "mystery of iniquity" or even the "mystery of goodness" that they are, they flee the intimacy that could result.  For some people, the fear of human relations is greater than the fear of death.

 

3.  Flight from Responsibility and Change.   This is a flight from the anxiety and work involved in constructive personal change.  Self-disclosure leads to the revelation of areas of deficit and of aspiration in human living.  Self-disclosure commits one to conversion, to the process of restructuring one's life;  it demands that one leave the security of his own house and journey into a foreign land.  The pressure to change is greater than in a one-to-one situation, facing the implicit or explicit demands of the community.

 

4.  The Reverse Halo Effect.   The "halo effect" means that a person competent in one area is likely to be judged by many to be similarly competent other areas (even when not).  Therefore, one may feel threatened at revealing him/herself for fear that such a weakness will be related to all areas of his/her life.  If one admits to problems in his private life, he fears that others will assume incompetence in his professional life.

 

5.  The Problem of Guilt and Shame.   Shame is primarily the exposure of self to oneself:  a weakness or deficit one did not see until "shamed."  There is a quality of suddenness.  In a flash one sees his or her unrecognized inadequacies.  Without being ready for the revelation of self to self, much less will one be ready to expose self to others.  The acceptance of one's flaws and exposure of them to others can be among the most significant kinds of growth experiences.

 

6.  Fear of Rejection.   At the heart of this is the thinking that "If others really knew me, they wouldn't accept me."  A lot of the time, this is based upon the thinking that others will not accept me because, deep down, I don't accept myself.

 

 

 

Remember:   When Love and Listening are divided by Wisdom, Liberation results.  Part of the "wisdom" will be knowing when and how much to self-disclose in any situation.


#3.8

 

Listening  to  Your  Own  Feelings  and  Emotions[151]

 

With your partner, look at the two examples, then share an instance of being "accepted"
and of being "scared" with each other.  You may use the same examples, but add your own.

 

Example  1:   Accepted--When I feel accepted,

 

I feel warm inside, safe.                           I feel like sharing myself.

I feel like sitting back and relaxing.         I feel some of my fears easing away.

I feel free to be myself.                           I feel at home, at peace.

I feel I can let my guard down.                 I feel my loneliness drifting away.

 

Example  2:  Scared--When I feel scared,

 

My mouth dries up.                                  I turn in on myself.

There are butterflies in my stomach.        I feel useless.

I feel like running away.                          I'm unable to concentrate.

I feel the need to talk to someone.           I feel very unsafe.

 

Read each of the following feelings.  Then pick two, preferably a positive and negative one.  Take turns and describe the feeling to your partner.  Describe what you feel as concretely as possible.  How does your body react?  What happens inside you?  What do you feel like doing?  Try to picture yourself in situations in which you have actually experienced these emotions.  Try the ones with which you have difficulty.  What is important is that you listen to yourself as you have experienced these emotions in the past.

 

 1.  Abandoned           9.  Competitive          17.  Hurt               25.  Repulsed

 2.  Affectionate       10.  Confused              18.  Inferior          26.  Respect

 3.  Afraid                11.  Defensive             19.  Intimate         27.  Sad

 4.  Angry                 12.  Disappointed        20.  Jealous           28.  Satisfied

 5.  Anxious              13.  Free                     21.  Joyful             29.  Shy

 6.  Attracted           14.  Frustrated            22.  Lonely            30.  Suspicious

 7.  Bored                 15.  Guilty                   23.  Loving            31.  Superior

 8.  Belonging           16.  Hopeful                24.  Rejected         32.  Trusting

       in community    

 

Once you have described how you feel when you feel these emotions, you should have a wider repertory of words, phrases, and statements both to describe your own emotional states and to identify emotional states in others.  Listening to your own emotions is a prelude to listening to the emotions of others.  In your spare time, alone, and periodically try other words.  Writing them will help.


#3.9

 

Responding  to  Others  Exercise  #1[152]

 

Example:   A man, 27, is talking to a minister about a visit with his mother the
previous day:  "I just don't know what got into me!  She kept nagging me the way she always does, asking me why I don't visit her more often.  As she went on, I go more and more angry.  (He looks away from the counselor and looks toward the floor.)  I finally began screaming at her.  I told her to get off my case.  (He puts his hands over his face.)  I can't believe what I did!  I called her a bitch.  (Shaking his head.)  I called her a bitch about three times and then I left and slammed the door."

 

How does this person feel? embarrassed, guilty, ashamed, distraught, amazed, extremely

disappointed with himself, remorseful

 

Scenario  1

 

A man, 53, about to get divorced:  "My wife and I just decided to get a divorce.  (His voice is very soft, his speech is slow, halting.)  I really don't look forward to the legal part of it (Pause.) to any part of it to tell the truth.  I just don't know what to expect.  (She sighs heavily.)  I'm well into middle age.  I don't think another marriage is possible.  I just don't know what to expect."

 

How Does this person feel?___________________________________________________________

 

_______________________________________________________________________________

 

How intense is the emotion or emotions and how do you know?______________________________

 

_______________________________________________________________________________

 

Scenario  2

 

A man, 45, with a daughter, 14, who was just hit by a car:  "I should never have allowed my daughter to go to the movies alone.  (He keeps wringing his hands.)  I don't know what my wife will say when she gets home from work.  (He grimaces.)  She says I'm careless‑‑but being careless with the kids‑‑that's something else!  (He stands up and walks around.)  I almost feel as if I had broken Karen's arm, not the guy in that other car.  (He sits down, stares at the floor, keeps tapping his fingers on the desk.)  I don't know."

 

How Does this person feel?___________________________________________________________

 

_______________________________________________________________________________

 

How intense is the emotion or emotions and how do you know?______________________________

 

_______________________________________________________________________________


#3.10a

 

Assignment  #3:   Attending  Skills  Set #3:

 

Responding to Feelings

 

During this week, monitor how you feel in response to others around you in your job, recreation, or living quarters.  Also identify how others feel.  As you observe your feelings and the feelings of others, record your observations by answering the questions below.  You should use more than one person for each question.  Do not use personal names.

 

Example of monitoring feelings in self:   I just got a new cellie and he stinks.  I do not think he has showered since he has been here.  When I confronted him about his smell, he just ignored me.  I almost blew up.  I was so angry at him that I could have ____?____.  I was also confused, because I did not know just what to do or say without a fight.

 

Yourself:  Observations/Interactions

1.  Describe one time this week where you felt an intense feeling:

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

2.  Did you share this feeling with someone else?  (circle one:  Yes  No )  If "Yes," then try to describe how the other person responded to you: _______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

Others:  Observations/Interactions

1.  Describe your observation of a person exhibiting an intense feeling.  What was the person feeling?  How did he express this feeling?  Be specific. ______________________________________

_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

2.  Describe how the person or persons responded.  What did the responder say?  Do?  Act?__________________________________

_______________________________________________________

Have a good week -- Remember:  Liberation is the result of love & listening divided by wisdom


#3.10b

 

Assignment  #3:  Discrimination  Exercise[153]

 

Read the quotes and responses below.  Read and think about all of the responses before
answering.  Look at #1.11:  Discrimination Exercise Code.  "4" means very effective and "1" means very ineffective.  Place a "1" at the worst response and a "4" at the best response, then a "3" at the next best and a "2" at the next to the last.  Under each section, each response should have a number, and no two responses should have the same number.

 

Quote  6:   "I'm so pleased with the kids.  They are doing just great!  They have done so well at school and at home; they get along so well together.  It's really amazing!"

 

(2)_____       1.  "You've really got to work hard to stay on top of this now."

(1)_____       2.  "Do you feel this is a permanent change?"

(4)_____       3.  "You're really proud because you've been able to get your children 'together' and that's what you've always wanted to do."

(3)_____       4.  "You feel pleased to have your kids settled."

 

Quote  7:   "I'm so thrilled to have found a counselor like you.  I didn't know any existed.  You seem to understand me so well.  It's really great!"

 

(1)_____       1.  "Gratitude is a natural emotion."

(3)_____       2.  "You're really pleased with the way things are going."

(4)_____       3.  "You're happy because you've been able to use the experience well and that's what it's all about.  It makes me happy too."

(2)_____       4.  "That's fine, but let's work to keep this process going."

 

Quote  8:   "Gee, I'm so disappointed.  I thought we could get along together and you could help me.  We don't seem to be getting anywhere.  You don't understand me.  You don't even know I'm here."

 

(1)_____       1.  "I have no reason to not try to help you.  I have every reason to want to help you."

(2)_____       2.  "We're going to have to work harder on this thing before we can solve it."

(3)_____       3.  "It's pretty disappointing for you because I haven't been able to help you."

(4)_____       4.  "I feel badly that you feel so low because we haven't been able to get you going and that's why you're here."

 

 

Have a good week -- Remember:  Liberation is the result of love & listening divided by wisdom



[131]Adapted from Coyle, "Counseling Ministry Training Program".

[132]Adapted from, Listening by Doing, 2, and Carkhuff's, Trainer's Guide for The Art of Helping VII, 132-133. Full bibliographic material for all of the abbreviated works can be found in the bibliography.

[133]Adapted from Ivey, Basic Attending Skills, 6-13, 58, 109.

[134]Goldstein and Michaels, Empathy, 1-3.

[135]Rogers, "Empathic: An Unappreciated Way of Being," 4. Cf., Eisenberg & Strayer, Empathy and Its Development, 27-9, Ivey, Microcounseling, 128-131, and Muse, et al., "Are Religiously Integrated Therapists More Empathic," Journal of Pastoral Care 48 (Spring, 1994): 14-23.

[136]Adapted from Egan, The Skilled Helper, 5th ed., 108-111, and Interpersonal Living (1976), 96-98.

[137]Adapted from Egan, The Skilled Helper (1990), 108-111, and Interpersonal Living (1976), 96-98.

[138]Adapted from Carkhuff, Trainer's Guide for The Art of Helping VII, 109-121.

[139]Adapted from Carkhuff, Trainer's Guide for The Art of Helping VII, 106, 109, 118.

[140]Adapted from Carkhuff, Student Workbook for The Art of Helping VII, 13.

[141]Adapted from Carkhuff, The Art of Helping VII, 75, 92-95.

[142]Adapted and renumbered from Clinebell, Counseling for Spiritually Empowered Wholeness, 3-23.

[143]Adapted from Hiltner, Pastoral Counseling:  How Every Pastor Can Help People to Help Themselves,
19-26

[144]Adapted from Ivey's Basic Attending Skills, 37-39, 53-57.

[145]Adapted from Carkhuff, Student Workbook for The Art of Helping VII, 45.

[146]Adapted from Carkhuff, Trainer's Guide for The Art of Helping VII, 109-121.

[147]Adapted from Robertson, Listen for Success:  A Guide to Effective Listening, 16-27.

[148]Adapted from Wolff, et al., Perceptive Listening, 46-68.

[149]Adapted from Carkhuff, The Art of Helping VII, 107; Student Workbook: for The Art of Helping VII, 63.

[150]Adapted from Egan, Interpersonal Living, 44-47.

[151]Adapted from Egan, Exercises in Helping Skills (1985), 12-13.

[152]Adapted from Egan, Exercises in Helping Skills (1985), 14-17.

[153]Adapted from Carkhuff, Trainer's Guide for The Art of Helping VII, 109-121.