thoughts and feelings together, and we developed a trusting- healing relationship. Establishing a helping-trusting human care relationship is pivotal in and the Human Watson’s Caring theory, Care process (Rafael, 2000). When I look back at what started the relationship, or I ‘friendship’, believe that it was trust and comfort. David got familiar with me; he began to see who I was, and what my intentions were. When I started making conversations with him, and joking around, he started to feel comfortable, he noticed I trying to anything out of and he could wasn’t ‘get him’, just talk to me. The more we talked, the more David realized, he could trust me, Burnard (2005) suggests keeping trust to the quality of listening and respect offered to requires “attentiveness clients; appropriate ways of communicating that are courteous and clear; respect for privacy and I believe through showing David I was listening and interested in what he had dignity” (p.244). to say, communicating with him respectively, showing support, and explaining that what he said would stay between me and him, the trust developed. Watson suggests that one aspect of human care requires knowledge of to comfort, offer compassion and At “how empathy” (1999, p.74). the time while helping David, I have identified the knowledge I had in comforting, wouldn’t compassion and empathy, however looking back now, I can see this is exactly what I was displaying, and believe it is a part of my human nature. Compassion is said to be to “the capacity share another and appreciate their humanity and person’s suffering vulnerability” (Barker, 2009, p.610). I believe I offered compassion to David, by listening and attending, being present and available when he needed me, not judging but accepting him, and sharing in his suffering and experiences, but not taking them away from him. With offering compassion, I believe one needs to show empathy, and empathy is said to be ability to perceive accurately the feelings of “The another person and to communicate this understanding to I him” (Burnard, 2005, p.103). conveyed empathy to David when I showed him I understood how he was feeling and what he
thoughts and feelings together, and we developed a trusting- healing relationship. Establishing a helping-trusting human care relationship is pivotal in Watson’s Caring theory, and the Human Care process (Rafael, 2000). When I look back at what started the relationship, or ‘friendship’, I believe that it was trust and comfort. David got familiar with me; he began to see who I was, and what my intentions were. When I started making conversations with him, and joking around, he started to feel comfortable, he noticed I wasn’t trying to ‘get anything out of him’, and he could just talk to me. The more we talked, the more David realized, he could trust me, Burnard (2005) suggests keeping trust requires “attentiveness to the quality of listening and respect offered to clients; appropriate ways of communicating that are courteous and clear; respect for privacy and dignity” (p.244). I believe through showing David I was listening and interested in what he had to say, communicating with him respectively, showing support, and explaining that what he said would stay between me and him, the trust developed. Watson suggests that one aspect of human care requires knowledge of “how to comfort, offer compassion and empathy” (1999, p.74). At the time while helping David, I wouldn’t have identified the knowledge I had in comforting, compassion and empathy, however looking back now, I can see this is exactly what I was displaying, and believe it is a part of my human nature. Compassion is said to be “the capacity to share another person’s suffering and appreciate their humanity and vulnerability” (Barker, 2009, p.610). I believe I offered compassion to David, by listening and attending, being present and available when he needed me, not judging but accepting him, and sharing in his suffering and experiences, but not taking them away from him. With offering compassion, I believe one needs to show empathy, and empathy is said to be “The ability to perceive accurately the feelings of another person and to communicate this understanding to him” (Burnard, 2005, p.103). I conveyed empathy to David when I showed him I understood how he was feeling and what he
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