[SoCalGirl]

It's been forever since I was an advisor. Generally I would say you make sure the job is getting done, making sure she knows her deadlines for reports, how to do reports, sounding board for ideas, and yes emotional support. Advisors, especially those to the more high ranking positions, hear about not just chapter issues but the personal lives of their advisees too.

We often got pulled in to chaperone duties for socials and would help with behind the scenes stuff during rush even if not actually the Recruitment advisor.

We'd also rotate attending chapter and standards meetings.

As Finance advisor I also had to be there when the "please pay up" meetings would happen with members.

On top of that the advisors also had meetings with each other. The more I think about it the more I remember how much work was involved.

So much of it came down to communication. If you had an advisee that was not good at staying in contact, or if the advisor was not good at it, you would definitely run in to problems.