Test 1 Flashcards
Eye contact
client eye contact will tell a lot about their emotional levels
voice
tone is used to communicate internal feelings
Verbal tracking
staying with client’s topic, making sure they stay on topic
selective attention
type of verbal tracking, we tend to listen to some things and ignore others
body language
body tells about internal feelings
pay attention to the distance between you
nonattention
o Sometimes it is helpful to not pay attention to certain conversations/statements
Ex. if client brings something up over and over, you may ignore it so they can move on
open questions
questions that are answered in multiple words/sentences
closed questions
Answered in few words (yes or no questions)
encouragers
o Head nods, open gestures, positive facial expression, vocal reactions
paraphrasing
o Goal is to clarify the issue through simpler terms
Try to stick with words client uses
Make clear what they shared
o Reaction emotion
understanding your own feelings
o Parallel emotion
understanding client’s feelings
o Cultural empathy
understanding another races feelings towards something, and how it is different from yours
check out
end of paraphrasing (did I miss anything?)
Facial expression
- Eyebrows, lips, pupils, breathing, color changes, and smiling at inappropriate times
- Movement synchrony
counselor and patient have identical positions (hand movements, sitting, etc.)
- Movement complementarity
passing the conversation from each other very quickly, they speak one after the other
- Movement desynchrony
lack of harmony in movement is common between people in disagreements
- Echoing
seeing the client change body language, and you unconsciously a line with client
Confrontation
o Identify mixed messages (patterns!)
o Work through conflict to resolution
o Intervention on client change and growth after the resolution
- Reflection of feeling
add to paraphrase effective and affection words that the client has used, including tones
o Focus on clients’ emotions instead of just words (not just things they share with you)
- Reflecting meaning
paraphrase of actions of self or others
o Do not make assumptions, do not interrupt
o What and why questions (why are you disappointed?)
- Individual crisis
A crisis is the perception or experience of an event or situation as an intolerable difficulty that exceeds the person’s current resources and coping mechanisms
- Behavioral emergency
crisis escalates to immediate danger for injury or death to someone involved in the crisis
- Parasuicide
when a person in crisis accidentally or intentionally places themselves in a position to be killed
o Ex. Driving really fast, OD, bridge, cop suicide