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“Why is the person coming to see you now? What does he or she want? Ask and listen. 2. What is your sense of how important the client’s goal(s) may be? 3. Be welcoming. Offer a cup of coffee. Look for what you can genuinely appreciate and comment positively about, even something simple, and for other ways to help the client feel welcome. 4. How does the person think you might be able to help? Provide the client with some sense of what to expect. 5. Offer hope. Explain what you do and how it may help. Present a positive and honest picture of changes that others have made and of the efficacy of the services you can offer.”
― Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change
― Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change
“One Holocaust survivor was often told by friends, “I cannot believe in a God who allows such things to happen.” Her response was simply, “That is the only God there is.” Poignantly, we either open our hearts to this God for companionship in surviving, learning from, healing from, and preventing such catastrophes in the future, or we succumb to the devastating illusion that we are utterly alone with disastrous and pointless outcomes of our own and others’ agency. Even”
― Let God Love You: why we don't, how we can
― Let God Love You: why we don't, how we can
Benjamin’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Benjamin’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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173 friends
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74 friends
608 books
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279 friends
1,701 books
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328 books
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52 friends
1,050 books
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83 friends
1,157 books
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53 friends
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