The only thing that is clear when help is asked for or offered is that initially the client is one down and the helper is one up and, though they may not consciously feel it, both parties are anxious about how the situation will work out. If they are to form a successful helping relationship, they must deal with that imbalance by accessing their areas of ignorance and gradually removing them
When help is asked for or offered, initially the client is one down and the helper is one up
