Supportive communication is an interpersonal communication that used to make the conversation go well. As taught in class, there are eight attributes to supportive communication such as congruence, descriptive, problem-oriented, validating, specific, conjunctive, owned, and supportive listening.
According to the conversation, I managed to use various principles of supportive communication. These include being conjunctive rather than being disjunctive. A good supportive communication needs to have a flow and connection of the ideas of the parties. For example, in many instances, no one dominates the conversation and my points of speech were related to those of Christine. In addition, the flow of the conversation is dependent on previous comments and questions. In my tape, the conversation from start to finish revolved around writing the resume and my skills and also depended on previous comments.
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To be a good listener, you should response to him or her. Asking questions when you did not understand and repeat in your own words to show your understanding. In the conversation, I gave Christine enough time to finish her sentence before I could respond. This is an indication that I was a careful listener throughout the conversation. Listening is an essential element of supportive communication and without it, communication cannot be achieved. My listening in the conversation is evidenced by repeating what Christine had previously said, for instance, the statement ‘Yes, I have already talked to John my situation’ showed that I listened supportively before responding. Another example was I understood the suggestions that Christine said, then I told her I got it, which also showed I am a good