Supportive Listener Prints

'You seem hesitant. Tell me why.'

"...But rock bottom is my comfort zone!"

I feel sad

Try me/try me/try me...

"I suppose we should start with listening skills!"

Listening to Coldplay.

'He's more supportive after his nap.'

Cares and woes.

Attention Span Man

"Thanks, I knew I could count on you to turn my problem into something way worse that happened to you."

"Officer, I'd like to report... a sexual assault. I was at a part, this guy... he attacked me."

'Music hath charms,' &c.

"The Doctor is just wonderful!! He listens to all my irrelevant, boring stories!"

'I have this constant ringing in my ears. I think I have tinnitus.' - 'Does it sound like an 'eeeeeee' or a 'shhhhh'?' - 'It's like the murmer of a thousand forgotten souls quietly lamenting past sorrows.' - 'Hmmm. I don't have a checkbox for that, sadly.

'I'm going to put you in touch with reality.', 'Can't I just sneak up on it?'

'She saw right through me.'

"Doctor, I find you very easy to talk to."

'Chins up.'

'I don't know how you stand listening to people's problems all of the time, Doctor Barnes.'

I'm afraid nurse Wilcox can't have a supportive caring chat with you until she's had the appropriate training.

"Repetitive strain injury?...theres a lot of it about."

'OK, nod a little slower this time. Then let's work on saying 'mm-hmm, go on' ...you try it.'

'Yes, puberty did put me through a lot of stress. . . but it was my daughters puberty.'

4th of July and PTSD

Deflate counselling service

You're on, caller. What's your problem? My baby won't stop crying. How do I get her to stop? What do you mean, "get her to stop"? Your baby's a human being and she already has things she wants to tell you. Crying is the only language she knows. Just hold her, tell her "I hear you" ... ... AND GROW A THICKER SKIN! BABY TEARS AREN'T LITTLE GRENADES, LOSER! I wish she'd just text me like everyone else.

"I've got a patient who needs to chat to someone...Have you got anyone who's completed the 'verbal communications with patients in personal, supportive but not disempowering course?"

"I think you may need to start seeing me twice a week for a while."

"She no longer laughs at my joke."

My Mother Is Dead But Her Body Is Still Alive

"You used a four wood on a hundred yard chip shot?!!! You ARE crazy!!"

"Hopefully my body language tells you all you need to know."

' I bet you here this kind of thing all the time. '

'We give credit where credit is due.'

Office of Dr. Elizabeth Johnson