Kinetic patients

Kinetic patients respond better post treatments as they have experienced the treatment / event. They tend to be heavier boned individuals and tend to breath from the lower half of their bodies. They tend to drape over things, talk in a slow manner pronouncing words individually. This is because they are trying to get a feel for things. Kinetic people take a long time to digest what they are thinking or saying because everything goes through an emotional process. They are usually very touchy feely people,

You need to ask questions like / use phrases like

• Does it feel right to you? 

• Have you grasped the point? 

• I catch your drift / got the drift.

• I will lead you step by step,

• Lets’ start from scratch,

• Lets be cool calm and collected about this.

• Can you handle that?

• Hold onto that idea,

• Let me walk you through this,

………..When talking to kinetic people.

Visual patients

Visual patients will stand or sit very upright. Breathing is from the top of their bodies. They may sit on the edge of their chair, they tend to take great pride in the appearance of all things – their desks are tidy, clothes aligned and smart. Long oral conversations tend to bore them and they will wander off the subject quickly, so as a therapist you will need to give them pictures to follow, these can be from books or images we conjure up in their thoughts. – you need to be more descriptive than for the other types of people, use additional terms and colour, the size of something etc, to add impact. Visual patients tend to speak quicker than most and flit from one topic to another readily.

When you talk to visual patients remember to ask them to describe clearly what they want, how they expect to see the results

Ask questions like / use phrases like

• I want you to visualize this,

• Is that a bit hazy or do you have a clear view of it?

• It appears to me

• Did you notice how / that

• What an eyeful

• Grab a mental image (uses 2 types)

• Short sighted view.

• I see what you mean

• Looks good to me.

• I get the picture.

As we discussed above, there are 3 types of people. So when you first meet a new patient you need to try to incorporate all 3 types of person.

I.e., Before you see a new patient look at the way you present your own information, as a result you will get a feel for whether it is right and if you listen to yourself you will grasp whether the way you are conveying yourself is right or wrong to the situation.

Another useful Exercise to help master this concept:-

During the next month pick a significant person in your life and listen to the types of words they use. You will notice they will probably use all types of the visual, auditory and kinetic words...but one type will usually be dominate. Then practice translating your language to their system.

If they say "I don't see your point," don't say "Let me repeat it," instead say "Let me show you what I mean."

If they say "What you're suggesting doesn't feel right to me," don't say "Take a different view," instead say "Let's touch upon the points another way."

If they say "I've tuned you out," don't say "You're insensitive," instead say "Lets talk it over."

Now I hope I have conveyed this in a clear and easy manner, without baffling you all. I also hope that it feels right to you and what I am saying, furthermore the concept is easily read and understood.

Pete

Further reading can be found by reading THE LIFE COACHING HANDBOOK by Curly Martin - ISBN 189983671-1.