Loving is Caring

Introduction:

“In our fast-paced lives we face countless challenges and inevitably run into setbacks. The negative emotions they bring can stifle our ability to think, even lead us to act irrationally, and when they build up over time they can harm our physical health. Clearly, we should free ourselves from negative emotions as soon as we can. Re-evaluation Counseling (RC) is a good way to release them. Originating in Seattle in the 1950s, RC is also called co-counseling: two people take turns, for equal amounts of time, being the listener and the one who talks. While talking, negative emotions are naturally discharged through crying, laughing, shaking and so on. Discharging emotion is our innate human mechanism for psychological recovery at work. With the company and attention of a listening partner, we can restart this recovery mechanism and reclaim our fine human nature and great intelligence.”

– Dr. Xiaozhong Hu

“Re-evaluation Counseling is very practical, and it does a great job of easing the work pressure and psychological stress of people who provide mental health services. In helping people psychologically, RC is mainly used in three ways: first, individual counseling; second, group counseling; and third, peer counseling (we call it a group training camp; it can also be called peer group counseling). In practice, I use RC’s methods, techniques, principles and guidelines in all three.”

– Ms. Yunxuan Yang

The talk