"helping" isn't always helpful

The following is from “May I Help You?” by Margaret J. Marcuson

When we rush to help someone, we are often acting in an un-self-regulated manner. Our own anxiety causes us to want to do something- not because we really have a sense of what is best, but because we lack the maturity to sit back and wait.

Susan Luff, a therapist and R.N., argues that while …