Responding to the feeling or the content of the helpees’ expressions is not enough. Our response must be enriched by combining the feeling together with the content for the helpees.
Content is used to make the feeling meaningful. The content gives intellectual meaning to the helpees’ expressions of their experiences. The feeling gives emotional meaning to the helpees’ expressions of their experiences. Responding to meaning emphasizes making interchangeable responses that capture both the feeling and content of the expressions.
RESPONDING TO MEANING
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