UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, July 23, 1997
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Volunteers listen advocate choices
Headquarters offers callers hope
By Kirsten Havner
Kansan staff writer
The phone rings in a three-story, pink-and-blue house on Massachusetts Street. Roshni S., Overland Park senior, answers the phone and wonders who will be on the line.
Even after a year volunteering at Headquarters Counseling Center, 1419 Massachusetts St., RoshiN, whose last name is withheld for confidentiality purposes, finds the emotional stress hard to handle.
"I have a lot of difficulty dealing with suicide. It is so intense; there's a lot of emotion," Roshi said. "Talking to someone who wants to die is a very hard thing."
Roshni is one of about 50 people who volunteer at Headquarters. The center is open 24 hours, seven days a week.
Headquarters receives a wide variety of calls: men, women and children; emotional, physical and sexual abuse victims; gay and lesbians; sometimes people who just need someone to talk to about things that are going on in their lives. There also are prank calls, Rosnhi said.
But Headquarters is geared for more than just call-in help. People also can get help on a walk-in basis. In special cases, the center can send someone to make a house-call, said Marsha Epstein, Headquarters' director.
Training to be a volunteer is an extensive two-and-a-half month, 120-hour program. Volunteers are trained to cope with their own emotions so that they are better prepared to counsel callers. Shanker said.
"The biggest challenge for me is that when I go to Headquarters I have to be ready for any type of call, no matter what my personal state," Roshini said. "It doesn't matter if I am happy, sad, stressed-out or depressed. I have to shut off my life to help anyone calls."
Epstein said Headquarters will answer questions about personal problems or questions that callers may have about friends. Others just call to find someone who can help. Headquarters has a detailed list of numbers for specific problems.
Rather than give advice, the counseling center advocates safe choices and offers callers someone who will listen to their problems.
"By talking through the situation, the caller is able to slow down and re-evaluate the situation to become better equipped to deal with the situation," Epstein said.
When Roshni has a particularly emotionally challenging call, she deals with it by talking to her shift partner and calming herself down. There are struggles, but she says she knows that the choice is ultimately up to the caller.
She said she has volunteered because it gives her a sense of helping others.
"My greatest reward is when a caller says, 'Thank you for helping me,'" she said.
Ashleigh Roberts / KANSAN
Headquarters Counseling Center, 1419 Massachusetts St., is open 24 hours a day and offers many services for Lawrence residents and KU students. The center's volunteers answer calls and share options for crisis resolution or simply listen to callers share their feelings.
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