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"One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" (Schiltz, Amorok, & Micozzi, 2005, p. 477). As a professional giving health and wellness advice and support it is truly helpful if we have had personal experience ourselves. It is hard to relate and try to empathize with someone if we have no idea what they are going through. Plus, I feel that the patients will truly appreciate the support and advice more if they know that we have gone through something similar. I feel that they can trust us more and feel more comfortable talking to us and actually using our advice.
We need to understand, as professionals, when it is appropriate to help someone or not. We need to be mature enough to tell that patient that we do not know the answer, but will find someone who does (perhaps a colleague who has experienced it). We should also learn from these situations. If we come across something that we are not familiar with, then it might be beneficial to either speak in person with someone who has or do our research about this topic. I feel that this will help us grow as a professional and can open new doors to our education and experience. It would be difficult knowing we cannot help our patients, therefore the more we learn and the more experience we have then the better chances we have of helping them.
Schlitz, M., Amorok, T., & Micozzi, M.S. (2005). Consciousness & healing: integral approach to mind-body medicine. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone.
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3 comments:
Hi Kristen,
It is like cooking a recipe, we should practice it in order to teach it to others. Everything in life can not be taught unless practiced and perfected by others.
What do you think of the exercise though Kristen. I was able to relate to it more that the previous visualization exercise.
Fatima
Great point! I think sometimes health care professionals always want to have the answer, so they aren't good about admitting when they don't. I think it is also safe to say that we must remember what it is like to be in the position of those we are trying to help.
Thanks
Ginger
Hi Kristen,
I think you, Fatima and Ginger have very valid points, and we have to always keep in mind that our clients need us to remember where we came from so we can help guide them to where they need to go.
Paula
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