SARAH
SARAH
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Sarah, who has been married for 2 years, tells her mother that she is growing apart from her husband. He's always working and they don't do anything together. She feels she should go back to school - at least she had fun there.
Select your Active Listening response from the 3 given below. |
SARAH
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Your response was: "Your husband is working hard to pay the bills and is too tired to do anything else."
This response does not use the skill of Active Listening Your response does not take into account Sarah's feelings and is not what is really bothering her |
SARAH
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Your response was: "You've been married for only 2 years, maybe things will get better after a while."
This response does not use the skill of Active Listening It does not get to the real problem and is the mother's feeling, not Sarah's. |
SARAH
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Your response was: "You are angry at your husband and you feel cheated because you think he's keeping you from having fun. You seem to miss that a lot."
This response focused on Sarah's feelings and states the problem she is having. |