Verbal Following Skills

Anmerkungen:

• just active listening skills

1. Summarizing

   Anmerkungen:

   • highlight and repeat in new terms, client's own language
2. Reflection Responses

   Anmerkungen:

   • acknowledge, sort through feelings, simple vs. complex, double-sided
3. Furthering Responses

   Anmerkungen:

   • minimal prompts-non-verbal and verbal, signal attentiveness, encourage client to continue accent responses-repeat as a question
4. Seeking Concreteness

   Anmerkungen:

   • responding concretely
5. Close-Ended Responses

   Anmerkungen:

   • Yes, no, when, do, is
6. Providing and Maintaining Focus

   Anmerkungen:

   • get topic, explore topic, manage obstacles, recognize that you can see their struggles but not understand entirely
7. stimulus-response congruence is important

   Anmerkungen:

   • do the verbals and non-verbals align in the client