A Summary Of Psychopathic Listening

When meeting the client for the first time you have to create a positive atmosphere, this is so it is easier to build up a rapport with your client. You have to remember to keep it formal and to use appropriate body language for instance, using a handshake and remaining eye contact whilst keeping a warm smile on your face when greeting your client, will help your client to feel comfortable around you. You should start your conversation on a neutral subject e.g. asking service user how their journey was to meet you; this will be a good conversation starter because this is more likely to encourage you and the client to want to carry on your conversation positively, than for you to have a blank facial

“Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?” (Easton Ellis). Are we considered evil by our action or thoughts? If we are constantly contemplating evil and horrific thoughts but do not act upon them, the initial thoughts may still influence our unconscious minds, which can then, in turn, affect our conscious thoughts and actions indirectly. Compare that to those who act upon their evil thoughts and therefore are more authentic to their natural and uninfluenced personality. Humans are strongly related to our savage animal brothers; however we do everything in our means to appear separate and civilized. Regardless of our attempt at separation, we still remain savage beasts by nature and suppressing our natural state only makes our

Use the appropriate language and vocabulary for the person you are talking to and ask open questions.

1.2From my own practice I can judge if an individual is struggling to hear or understand what I am saying, if so then I will see how I can make things easier by talking slower, clearer make eye contact make sure they can see my lips move maybe sit closer but not too close to invade their own space.

During the session I communicated to the client by saying things such as ''mmm'' and ''yes I hear you''. Minimal encourager's were used to demonstrate that I was listening to the client, without disturbing her flow too much. I nodded my head on a couple of occasions which again showed the client that she still had my attention. There was a brief moment of silence which I managed by acknowledging that the silence provided a space for the client to think about what she had just said. At this point my attention was on the client and I felt I gave her respect by not interrupting her thinking time as I waited for her to begin talking again.

To enable the client understands what you say you should keep to conversation short and simple, ask the client to repeat or rephrase the information you have just given, look at the client and see if they are listening as sometimes when communication a confused person may not be able to understand and start to ignore the information so it is important to keep eye contact with the

A good way to let a client know you are listening is by the use of minimal responses including expressions and non verbal responses that occur in our everyday conversations (Geldard & Geldard, 2001). For example at the beginning of the session my client said “..., Sometimes I feel I choose my job or something else in my life over my uni...” I replied by nodding and made use of the expression “Mm-hmm”. I demonstrated this skill to allow the client to speak without interruptions and to verbally express my interest in her issue.

In the book, The Psychopath Inside, by James Fallon he discovers that he himself has a similar brain scans to the ones of a psychopath. He discovered this knowledge by doing a separate study of analyzing members of his family’s brain scans and saw a brain scan that was similar to a psychopath’s. To his curiosity, he found out it was his. Fallon wasn’t worried at the fact he was a psychopath, since he showed no signs of it such as violence and wasn’t a criminal of some sort.

If you are unable to build this rapport, you will go nowhere with a client that is either too embarrassed or not confident enough in your ability to help them.

Of all the psychiatric disorders, none are more chilling to the world then the psychopaths and sociopaths. These two disorders, categorized as antisocial personality disorders, bring about the absolute worse people and killers that the world has ever known. The infamous serial killers, the people who do the unimaginable, were all psychopaths. The ability of these people to do what they do and know that what they are doing is wrong, is perhaps one of the most chilling and shocking characteristic of these people. Psychopaths and sociopaths are very often thought by most to be the same disorder, yet they are different when classified by many psychiatric researchers. The people classified as psychopaths and sociopaths are separated by one main difference, and that is if they were born with a lack of the ability to empathize or if they were affected as children in a traumatic environment. Although both of these horrible disorders derive from a different area, the reality is that they are unpredictable, undetectable and most importantly, they can be very dangerous.

In the article “Six Tips for Being More Socially Intelligent” by Eric Barker, we gain information, tips to becoming a excellent communication with individuals, which aims at being an expert audience. The passage tells about approaches to address and behave when discussing with one. Attentive posture, minimum speaking with you, and designs to prove you're listening. That’s all wonderful, but I was counting on the section to be higher of voice on your position. I’m a fine auditor, and I follow most of these procedures, but what about when a person attempts to converse with you and wishes to receive more from you? I believed this would be larger on attempting to carry on a discussion without ending or how to respond to questions. For instance,

The client seemed very confused as though she was not sure of what to say and looked up the ceiling taking pauses, blinking, sighing as she spoke about the presenting issue. i nodded continuously to

I am comfortable in understanding what type of questions or things to be discussed with a client. Like for example, a client’s reason for a visit is experiencing shortness of breath. With that, I would perform a respiratory assessment with my client, but it does require

I sat with an open posture, while leaning in to show I was interested. I showed the clients that what was being said was important by making good eye contact and showing genuine interest.

stories, we may get caught up in our own emotional reactions, how we would feel if we were in a similar