Across
- 3. Protect your own mental health by not making the mentee’s mental health issue yours
- 4. truly understanding what someone is going through and being able to relate
- 5. a feeling that somebody or something can be relied upon, or will turn out to be good. It is the feeling of being sure about something, even if it cannot be proved.
- 6. Ensure that you and your mentee have realistic expectations of one another and can also help you avoid awkward situations
- 9. to agree with and give encouragement to someone or something because you want him, her, or it to succeed
- 10. Having transparent conversations, and make sure that they aren’t feeling as if they should leave out details/their worries
Down
- 1. A key element of this is that it helps build trust.
- 2. accept them w/o judgement, encourage them, acknowledge their ideas and feelings
- 7. feeling sorry/bad for someone else (pity), but not actually helping them cope
- 8. willing to share their own successes and failures while also being willing to listen when provided feedback that you might not want to hear.