Focusing on individual communication styles can guide interventions, provide natural validation, and enhance creativity in the counseling relationship. The author has developed a framework for defining individual communication style components, drawing on learning style theory and Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Using the natural language of the client, problem solving is better connected to client strengths.
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