Career Goals In The Field Of Interpersonal Communication

Teresa Allen
Western International University
Human Relations and Inter- Communication
BEH-331-3279
Mollie Surgine
November 13, 2017 My Career

The career goal in which I’m currently working towards is to be a counseling psychologist that is a subfield of psychology. Realizing psychology is a broad field that covers many subfields, interpersonal communication is a very important aspect when interacting with people and clients. Interpersonal skills require communicating effectively with coworkers and clients. Interpersonal skills in communication require possessing the correct communication skills to communicate verbally and non-verbally. In the field of counseling psychology, listening skills involves both listening and speaking. The
In the professional roles of a counseling psychologist, is too carefully and un-interruptly listen to what a client is saying also having the ability to interpret the message effectively. As a counseling psychologist because of the consistent exposure to clients, psychologist put themselves in a position to utilize effective interpersonal communication (Kathleen, A. Vertino 2014). Interpretation the correct body language is just as important as communicating on a verbal basis. In the field of counseling psychology, the communications that take place between professional and client is part of that relationship.

Conclusion
In the most professional fields psychology for example, interpersonal communication is based on interdependent people, which most people are connected in one way or the other. Interpersonal communication involves verbal and non-verbal messages and takes place in various forms. Being competent includes the knowledge on how to adjust communications accordingly to the context with those we interact with. Interpersonal communication requires the skills of active listening; active listening requires one to have patients and the ability to be able to interpret