Counselling Microskills: Offering Immediacy I
Channel: Sandra Collins
Date: 2023-05-16

Through counselling microskill of offering immediacy, the therapist invites the client to attend to their nonverbal behaviours as a way of drawing attention to the embodiment of emotion. For example, they might say "I notice that as you talk about your relationship with George, you are gripping the arms of the chair". The counsellor might note a change or shift in the client's posture, tone of voice, or general presence. The intent of this microskill is to invite client reflection on feelings or meaning based on nonverbal cues, to which they may or may not be attending.

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