It's a New Take - Stranger No Danger !
People have told me things ever since I can remember. It's one of the reasons I decided to become a psychologist.
Rapport counts for approx 80% of success regardless of what brand of therapy is used. I think having a "trusting face" is being non threatening & genuinely empathetic. I am a short, roundish female with a symmetrical pleasing face with lots of freckles - definitely non threatening!
In a new interpersonal situation, women tend to smile at the other person. This is a legacy of fight or flight and indicates "I am not going to harm you" to the other person. I thought this idea was a silly bit of research so I observed what happened with others & I tried it. Try it and see what happens !
Listening is important but so is asking challenging questions at the right time. People often confide in strangers for many good reasons. Often it’s as simple as being in the same place at that time. A major plus is you will probably never see the other person again .
It's a new take - Stranger No Danger !
It happens to me a lot !
Louise Smith PSYCHOLOGIST
(Assoc MAPS) (QCT), B. A. (Hons) (Psych) (Japanese & Music), Dip. T. Prim. & Spec. Ed.(Hearing Impaired)
CBT(TF); EMDR; Pet Therapy; Art Therapy; Hypnotherapy
Enoggera Health Practice - Brisbane Queensland Australia
Make Positive Life Changes - Improve Assertiveness and Self Esteem
Deal with Trauma, PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, Anger and Stress
Cope with Workplace Issues - Team work, Setting Goals, Problem solving
#Psychology #EMDR #Hypnotherapy #Meditation #Mindfulness #Animal therapy #Art therapy
#Trauma #PTSD #PanicAttacks #Depression #Anxiety
#Motivation #Focus #Achieve
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Louise Smith
4 years ago #10
Louise Smith
4 years ago #9
Thank you Debasish Majumder for enjoying reading and sharing !
Louise Smith
4 years ago #8
Thank you Jerry Fletcher
Louise Smith
4 years ago #7
Hey I love that story Pascal Derrien ! That's exactly the kind of situation where this happens ! Thank You
Debasish Majumder
4 years ago #6
Jerry Fletcher
4 years ago #5
Pascal Derrien
4 years ago #4
yes was thinking about how runners who don't know each others exchanged personal stories during long runs at races :-)
Louise Smith
4 years ago #3
Louise Smith
4 years ago #2
Thank you Zacharias From a very young age, I accepted people I met as they were. If they did something that I considered to be outside my idea of acceptable behaviour, I reevaluated my opinion and whether I wanted to be associated with them. But I started from a neutral perspective and listened and tried to understand them. This is the basis of a potentially good client-therapist relationship. So part Nature and part Nurture set me on my career path firstly as a Teacher and now as a Psychologist.
Zacharias 🐝 Voulgaris
4 years ago #1