Working with families

I think it is important to understand how to work with families, especially in the fields we are going into. It was an eye opener to discuss all the traditional responses and how each situation is different and must be taken differently, with different responses. When you think about responding to others for situations like, death, divorce, troubled children, marriage, etc. A person would think of the typical response, I'm sorry or is there anything I can do for you. It is important to have the effective interpersonal support..of listening, understanding, and support. All these things will make the other person feel like you are there for them but not over powering them. Overall when a person is in a trying time it is up to them to decide who they want to talk to and how they are going to handle the situation. A person who is on the outside should never try to push themselves onto someone because maybe they feel like it would be better for them to talk. The person will talk when they want to. Knowing how to react to different situations can be a great tool for anyone.