1. Building Skills Class Labs
Therapeutic building blocks
Invitational skills (attending- non verbal skills) : Lab 1
Invitational skills (openings-engagement, encouragers): Lab 1
Invitational skills (questioning): Lab 2
Reflecting content and thought: Lab 3
Reflecting feeling, meaning and Summarizing : Lab 4
Skills synthesis (Final)

2. Invitational Skills Chapter 5
Invitational skills (attending- non verbal skills) : Lab 1
Eye contact
Body position
Attentive silence
Voice Tone
Facial Expressions and Gestures
Physical Distance
Touching and warmth
Non verbal p

3. Invitational Skills Chapter 5
Invitational skills (Opening Skills - Encouragers) :
Lab 1
Opening skills: say “Tell me more”
They are invitations (soft requests)
Encouragers mean “to cause to have heart”
Giving courage to confide
Door Openers- non-coercive invitations to talk
“You wanted to talk with me…”
“Tell me more”
“share a bit more on that”
“Looks like you’ve hard a hard day…tell me about it”
Door Openers vs. Door Closers
“oh no…how did it happen?” vs. “Loser…grow a brain” p

4. Invitational Skills Chapter 5
Invitational skills (Opening Skills - Encouragers) :
Lab 1 (con.)
Minimal encouragers- brief supportive statements that convey attention and understanding
Convey that the listener is involved, interested and present.
Reinforced by nonverbals- head nod, do not interrupt the story’s flow.
Examples
“I see”
“yes”
“right”
“Okay”
“I hear you”
“wow”
Opening Skills p