Listening to a webinar on Ethics for a Certified Peer Support Specialist today.

It was said that we cannot be their friend, but we can be friendly.

Some of the following are ways we can be friendly or helpful in supporting others we come in contact with:

Support choice
Share hope
Withhold judgement
Listen with emotional sensitivity
Be curious and embrace diversity
Educate and advocate
Address issues with caring and compassion
Encourage to give and receive
Embody equality
Focus on strengths not weaknesses
Set clear expectations
Focus on the person not the problems

 https://www.peerleadershipcenter.org/Document.asp?DocID=6619