Helper Hints

Your clients will stay connected to one another if you can help address these rules:

1. Stick to the present.  Leave the past in the past.
2. Stick to the subject.  Discuss one issue at a time.
3. Don’t hit below the belt.  Fight fair.
4. Don’t quit. Engagement ends when mutually agreed upon.
5. Don’t try to win, ever. Relating is more important than winning.
6. No violence physically, mentally or emotionally.

 When facilitating a family session, you want to help everyone:

When you facilitate counseling, case management, therapy, advocacy, etc: