5 Dos and 5 Don'ts for Healthy Emotional Support
A guide to help you when you want to offer help to someone who is struggling but you're not sure how.
A guide to help you when you want to offer help to someone who is struggling but you're not sure how.
When we're faced with a loved one or community member who needs emotional support, we are often confused about what to do.
Most of what we are taught to do is not actually helpful - here is a quick set of tips to help you understand what will actually be helpful, and what to avoid.
Take some of the guesswork out of reaching out and offering what most people need to start feeling truly cared about and start on the path to healing.
This is also very useful if you feel you need more emotional support - the book is written from the perspective of providing support to someone else, but you can also use it to understand what you need when you are struggling.