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Counseling Skills: How to be a More Effective Listener

Listening skills are the building blocks of effective communication. These skills enable you to demonstrate that you are interested in what the other person has to say, as well as hearing and understanding the other person. Four key listening skills are open-ended questions, summary statements, reflective statements, and neutral questions and phrases. They are easy to learn with a little practice.

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When life is overwhelming, don’t let your thoughts lead you spiraling.

Mindfulness is just one technique we teach therapy clients.

And sometimes, it comes down to not looking ahead any further than your current breath.

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Coping with that "Empty" feeling.

The weekends go by waaay too fast, or if you’re off during the week, I’m sure those days do too. 😎 We usually spend those days doing things we love, filling ourselves with good stuff like sleeping in late, catching a movie, going out to eat, maybe some “me” time. So we feel better...because we’ve nourished ourselves.

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