COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES

Therapeutic Physical, Verbal, and Other Communication strategies



Therapeutic, Physical and Verbal Communication Strategies

Introduction

Since the population of the world is growing rapidly, along with the sense of awareness, it has created a demand for the premier quality of healthcare. Nevertheless, we are still short of skilled supporting staff to address that needs, and it is likely to get worse. The style of a therapist's speech can have as significant an impact on the patient as what is actually said (www.avaya.com). Communication is described as the most significant feature of practice that health experts have to master, and an indispensable requirement reinforcing any flourishing encounter. After a lot of research, it is proven in the fields of social science, psychology, medicine, psychotherapy, nursing etc, the intricacy of evaluating interactions between health care professionals and patients (ptjournal.apta.org). DiscussionTherapeutic Communication

The work of psychiatric nurture and psychotherapy is increasing rapidly; as people are now falling prey to depression, anxiety and even hollowness inside. Despite the fact that, people now are living a life of material profusion and have enough breakthroughs like never before. Therapeutic communication is curative and getting about positive transformation through open communication in a patient who is undergoing several problems. Therapeutic Communication identifies its meaning clearly; it is a way of caring and curing through communication for patients of any type. Communication is very necessary in order to slowly guide the patient from his or her messed up situation. To identify the root-cause of the patient's problem, the therapist makes the patients talk out through a process of introspection. That is why, is it extremely necessary for the therapist to be nonjudgmental and build an atmosphere where, the patient has no option than to, and openly communicates, as the therapist has developed trust. 

Therapeutic Communication Techniques

Following are some of the major types of therapeutic communication techniques that actually make it easier for the patient to feel comfortable and open up, so that the therapist can actually gain an insight into what is the source of a patient's problem. 

1. Focused concentration & Listening

One of the ways of communicating is to provide undivided attention to the patient and concentrate when he or she is talking. The therapist pays not only close attention to the patient, but also makes the patient feel important when he or she is taking. When the patient is communicating, the therapist shows encouraging and empathetic body language, which helps a lot in extracting appropriate information from the patient. The patient should feel that the therapist is listening to him or ...