Particularities of the Professional Helping Relationship with Children
Particularities of the Professional Helping Relationship with Children

Summary/Abstract: This article is based on a real case of intervention between a social educator and a child in second childhood. It focuses on developing professional helping relationships with children, thus, reflecting on the particularities of the request, the praxis, and the role of each actor. Since it is one of the possibilities of psychosocial intervention, the helping relationship is based on a relational experience in which the professional becomes a facilitator of the child's development, in a close and safe friendly atmosphere. The relational meeting requires the professional to have qualities, such as authenticity, empathy, respect, and unconditional acceptance of the other, be it the child or his carers. This article aims to reflect on the implications of the practice of helping relationships in child interventions and contribute to a better understanding of the importance of these relationships throughout each child's change and empowerment process.

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