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Questions
- Open-ended Questions
- Closed questions
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Attending Behavior
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Verbal attending
- tone of voice
- rate of speech
- sighs
- uhums...
- accurate summaries
- reflections
- empathic comments
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Nonverbal attending
- eye contact
- orientation of body
- body posture
- facial expressions
- attire
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autonomic behavior
- breathing
- persperation
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Responding to Client's Nonverbal Behavior
- Noting for own information
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Choose to comment
- Help clients recognize how something is influencing their life
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Client might be unaware of their nonverbal behavior
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Identifying Nonverbal behavior
- Become more aware of thoughts and emotions
- Develop deeper understanding
- Strengths
- Problems
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Identifying feelings
- some patients are cut off from their feelings and emotions
- Young children often need help
- Be careful of making deep inferences
- Reflective Listening
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Empathetic Comments
- that show you understand
- that validate the patient's experience
- to support emotional control
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Summarizing
- to demonstrate listening
- to highlight themes
- as a transition
- to decrease emotional intensity
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Redirecting
- for clarity
- to prevent avoidance
- to change the subject
- Supportive Confrontation
- Process Comments