CEA Skills
CEA Skills
CEA Skills
Milagros Neri, MD
Patients consult for two reasons:
They have physical symptoms
Anxiety
Education
If not addressed
They are not really treated
Difficulty of absorbing our attempts at educating them
Correct Misperception
Perception ≠ reality
Glad
Afraid
Perceptions
Becoming aware of what’s behind the feeling
Four Steps to promote catharsis
What came to your mind when you started feeling
the symptoms?
What feelings came out when these thoughts came
to your mind?
What do you think is the worst thing that can
happen to you?
Summarize the ECM and the emotions associated
with it.
Active Listening Skills
Paraphrasing
Saying in 10 words what the patient said in a
hundred
Doctor, a month ago, I had this sore throat, so I
went to a doctor and he gave me penicillin for it.
So I took it seven days and it went away. But a
week later, I had the sore throat again. The
doctor gave me amoxicillin this time and I took
it and the sore throat went away. But a few days
ago, the sore throat came back. I just can’t
understand what’s happening.
Attending Skills
Non-verbal- body language
L- lean forward
O- open stance
V- voice of compassion
R- relax position