The Importance of Interpersonal Skills in Consultee-Centered Consultation: A Review

This review explores the empirical research on the importance of interpersonal communication skills in consultation. Studies have found consultants' facilitative characteristics, along with an appropriate use of verbal and nonverbal skills, to be important in the consultation process. Because o...

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Published inJournal of counseling and development Vol. 68; no. 4; pp. 423 - 426
Main Authors HORTON, G. EVETTE, BROWN, DUANE
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.1990
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
American Association for Counseling and Development
Subjects
Communication Skills
Consultants
Consultation Programs
Counseling
Counselor and client
Counselor-client relations
Empirical Research
Interpersonal communication
Interpersonal Competence
Literature Reviews
Professional relationships
Psychiatric consultation
Social research
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Summary:This review explores the empirical research on the importance of interpersonal communication skills in consultation. Studies have found consultants' facilitative characteristics, along with an appropriate use of verbal and nonverbal skills, to be important in the consultation process. Because of the state of the research literature, however, the need for more studies on verbal and nonverbal communication skills is suggested.
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ArticleID:JCAD2522
ISSN:0748-9633
1556-6676
DOI:10.1002/j.1556-6676.1990.tb02522.x