Posted by Dinah on December 9, 2006, at 9:13:22
In reply to Re: Has anyone read Social Intelligence? » Dinah, posted by happykat on December 6, 2006, at 18:46:42
It definitely goes into neurobiology.
I think the parts that interest me most are about therapists. It amuses me to think of all those therapy sessions where client and therapist are wired, and I wonder how they can be natural under those circumstances.
While, as I said, I don't do mirroring well, and my therapist occasionally makes me giggle by showing me my posture and expression in therapy (which are totally at odds with my feelings), I can see how things *he* does affects the encounter.
For example, therapy usually goes best when he's leaning back in his chair with his legs sprawled out in front of him. Sometimes when things aren't going well, I can see him visibly move to this posture and relax his muscles, and moving to this open stance really appears to affect the way he speaks, and my response as well.
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