1. Articulate the value of positive relationships. Understand the power of intimate relationships.

8. Apply the concept of 'witnessing' to the healer's role reflect on the difference between engagement and detachment.

Section 2

Exercise 4 I just want to be seen

List specific examples of ways a medical professional can behave that illustrate the positive aspects of witnessing, or construct a dialogue between healer and patient that demonstrates the positive message of witnessing. When you have finished, watch the following video clip.

How do Richard McCann's experiences intersect with the exercises you have just completed?

Link also to Unit 4, which has an exercise on listening. Compare the wish to ' just be seen' to what it means to be 'heard.' http://www8.georgetown.edu/departments/familymedicine/imh/unit4/unit4Sec1bb.htm