Verbal Following Skills

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• just active listening skills

1. Summarizing

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

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

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

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   • responding concretely
5. Close-Ended Responses

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

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

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