{"id":9279,"date":"2021-05-20T11:46:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T18:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindfulstate.com\/?p=9279"},"modified":"2021-12-03T19:51:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T03:51:57","slug":"sometimes-its-more-than-enough-to-just-sit-and-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianselfdesign.com\/amindfulstate\/sometimes-its-more-than-enough-to-just-sit-and-listen","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes its more than enough to just sit and listen.<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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JOSE L. \u00a0| \u00a0MSW, MHP<\/p>\n

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You don\u2019t have to be\u00a0a
professional\u00a0<\/b>to help.<\/em><\/p>\n

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It’s listening, being that\u00a0shoulder that they can
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You\u2019ll be surprised what you will learn.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Listening is the most important thing you can do<\/b><\/p>\n

You don\u2019t need to provide therapy or be a huge resource for them. Sometimes it\u2019s more than enough to just sit there and listen to them vent\u2014 listen to their crisis, listen to what they\u2019re going through. And then, if you determine they might benefit from talking to professionals, making that OK to do \u2014 making it feel like it\u2019s OK for them to reach out to a professional.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a huge stigma \u2014 not only with health care professionals reaching out to their own professionals, but out in the community \u2014 that reaching out to mental health for medical support often comes with the label. And that\u2019s not true. We\u2019ve got to get rid of that because it limits people and creates barriers to actually get the help that they need. So it is OK to reach out for that professional support.<\/p>\n

But even if you\u2019re not a professional, you can still listen to your friend. You can still listen to your loved one. You can still just be there and not criticize. Just listen. Don\u2019t offer your opinion, don\u2019t say anything, just confirm that you\u2019re listening by nodding and actually just listen to their story.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjQ5OSJ9fQ==@” button_text=”Participate” button_alignment=”center” _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _dynamic_attributes=”button_url” _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”16px” button_bg_color=”#499fe2″ button_border_radius=”36px” background_layout=”dark” custom_margin=”30px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”2px||3px||false|false”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Source Sans Pro||||||||” custom_margin=”0px||5px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false”]<\/p>\n

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