Verbally Vs. Marcy Tidwell's Style Of Listening

Verbally: Marcy Tidwell’s style of listening is more competitive listening whereas the psychiatrist’s style of listening tended to be noncompetitive. Marcy Tidwell used shift response a lot while talking to her husband, she turned everything into how it was going to affect her. She really didn’t stop and listen to what her husband wanted, it was all what she thought was the right thing to do. The psychiatrist used support response to give the attention to the patient instead of focusing on his life issues. He let the patient fully get off his chest whatever he needed to whereas Marcy Tidwell didn’t care what anyone else was experiencing. The psychiatrist remained quiet during the session, which in return encouraged the patient to express exactly