In addition, clinicians can make eye contact with patients and present an open, caring facial expression.
For effective nonverbal communications, appropriate body posture, body movements, caring facial expression, and a gentle, comforting tone are very important.
Avoid sending mixed messages by speaking seriously while having a playful or non-caring expression.
The use of diaries has been conceptualized as a therapeutic instrument, an act of caring, an expression of empathy, or a hybrid of any of these [ 5].
Cultivate a caring, concerned expression, but also one that is focused, serious and firm.
Ruth is sexy and smart, Tommy is vulnerable and awkward and Kathy — played by Mulligan with an almost unvarying expression of caring concern — is more mature than the others.
This is the expression of caring being present in the moment.
We must stop embracing narratives that tell us addicts are dangerous reprobates whose recovery exists only to inspire others, and that any expression of caring feeling toward their predicament will ultimately enable their destructive behaviors.
But, let's go one step further here and consider that mindfulness is the essence of healing because having the skill to be present with a patient is the most powerful expression of caring a doctor can offer.
Incorporating other languages in addition to the person's primary love language will better demonstrate a well-rounded expression of caring about them.
