[humanser] Handling Silence in Therapy

[Carly Mihalakis]

Evening, Alyssa,

         I haven't any true experience with this yet, as a total I 
can suppose that having like, Ol'Sighty there to narrorate what 
client might be doing my fill this void. Give it a try. 'Ts an onluy 
way I can think of...
Keep us posted, okay Alyssa?
for today, CarAt 04:27 PM 9/29/2014, Alyssa Munsell via humanser wrote:
>Hi everyone!
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>I hope this message finds you all well. I have a question for those of you
>who practice mental health therapy. I've been doing therapy for my final
>year internship, and I am noticing that I'm not comfortable when there is a
>long period of silence between my clients and I. This is because I'm not
>able to see their body language well, and therefore, am having a hard time
>assessing whether or not the silence is productive. As you probably already
>know, silence can be powerful and necessary in therapy, so I don't want to
>diminish it. However, without being able to see non-verbal cues about what's
>going on with the person (e.g. they're just thinking or looking at me to say
>something), it is hard for me to know what to do. I was wondering what you
>all do in those types of situations.
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>Any feedback would be immensely appreciated.
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>Thanks so much,
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>Alyssa
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