{"id":7,"date":"2015-05-24T09:41:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T09:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/questcounsellingskills.com.au\/roadworthy\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2015-05-25T12:06:53","modified_gmt":"2015-05-25T12:06:53","slug":"benefits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/questcounsellingskills.com.au\/roadworthy\/benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><\/h2>\n<p>There are benefits in mastering &#8216;Roadworthy skills&#8217; for general application, for personal growth, for professional counsellors, teachers, and those in support and leadership roles.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #d18b21;\">General applications<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The broad day-to-day benefit of applying &#8216;Roadworthy skills&#8217; is that people can interact with others more effectively because they can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8216;read&#8217; what is happening around them accurately;<\/li>\n<li>respond to what is happening effectively;<\/li>\n<li>apply the appropriate communication skill or behaviour confidently;<\/li>\n<li>engage with, or disengage from, others decently.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #d18b21;\">Personal growth<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The benefit of mastering &#8216;Roadworthy skills&#8217; for oneself is that one can manage oneself with increasing confidence, effectiveness, fulfilment, and sense of well being, because one can better:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>maintain equilibrium between one&#8217;s personal values, personal resources and skills repertoire\u2014\u00a0and thus minimise personal stress;<\/li>\n<li>sustain a balanced lifestyle between home, work, community and personal activities\u00a0\u2014\u00a0and thus &#8216;burn&#8217; without burning out;<\/li>\n<li>discern where to apply one&#8217;s energies for the greatest benefit for others and for oneself\u00a0\u2014and thus be able to say &#8216;yes&#8217; or &#8216;no&#8217; without self-reproach;<\/li>\n<li>concede to others who are more knowing than oneself\u00a0\u2014\u00a0and so learn;<\/li>\n<li>choose not to concede to those who are less knowing than oneself (regardless of the other&#8217;s status)\u00a0\u2014\u00a0and so maintain authenticity and integrity;<\/li>\n<li>balance the tension between being empathic and assertive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #d18b21;\">Professional counsellors, and other helpers<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The benefits of mastering &#8216;Roadworthy skills&#8217; for professional helpers is that they can work more effectively, efficiently, confidently, and successfully in helping others resolve issues that constrain, limit, restrict, or impede their personhood-without being burdened by the circumstances of the person being helped-because they, the helper, can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>personally connect with others with nurturing care, respectful intimacy, and gentle strength;<\/li>\n<li>navigate the helping (counselling) process confidently and safely to:\n<ul>\n<li>create a climate where others feel safe and free to talk through their issue;<\/li>\n<li>enable others to work out where they really stand in relation to their issue;<\/li>\n<li>help others make sense of their reflections and enable them to assume responsibility for doing whatever is necessary to deal with the issue constructively;<\/li>\n<li>help others spell out what is needed and plan relevant action that works.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are benefits in mastering &#8216;Roadworthy skills&#8217; for general application, for personal growth, for professional counsellors, teachers, and those in support and leadership roles. 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