How To Get People To Open Up Using Psychology

sh I'm a psychologist and here are four

ways I use psychology to get people to

open up in therapy number four kill

judgment not conversation as soon as

someone feels judged you've lost them so

seek only to understand and number three

use open questions this means asking

questions that need more than a yes or

no answer so instead of asking are you

okay ask something like what's on your

mind and number two when they finish

speaking reflect back what they' said in

your own words this gives them the

chance to really feel heard and

crucially invites them to keep expanding

on it further and number one most people

feel extremely uncomfortable when

someone cries so the natural instinct is

to shut it down and round off the

conversation but if you want someone to

open up you need to be able to sit with

that discomfort and allow the emotion to

be there without trying to make it go

away